Information from this section helps us to assess the environmental (including cumulative) impacts and overall environmental performance of New Zealand's activities each year. This reporting is a requirement of the Antarctica (Environmental Protection) Act, which implements the internationally agreed Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty in New Zealand. The report also forms the basis for annual input into Antarctica New Zealand's environmental database, an electronic record of all New Zealand activities in the Ross Sea region since 1957.

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Please be as specific as possible. For locations occupied, provide the site or protected area name, and GPS coordinates or map references where appropriate. GPS coordinates should be given in degrees, minutes and decimal minutes (e.g. 78° 20.835′S 166° 33.541′E). Note that the geodetic reference used should be WGS84.

Two sub-sections are compulsory as they are relevant to all events. Sub-sections without asterisks need only be completed if relevant. Unnecessary sections should be deleted. Comments on any area of environmental management are welcome and can be added beneath the relevant table.

*Sites Visited (please complete a table for each site visited)

Site name	Evans Piedmont Glacier
Site coordinates	76°43.5335′ S, 162° 35.2940′ E, 314m asl
Is this site in an ASMA or ASPA? If so, which one?	McMurdo Dry Valleys ASMA
Dates occupied (from – to)	13 Nov 2008
Total time (days /hours) at site	3
Maximum number of people at site (your event)	3
Total person-days (or person-hours) at site	9 person hours
Main activity undertaken	Maintenance of automatic weather station and retrieval of recorded data; and mass balance measurement
Cumulative impacts observed	None
Helo landing site coordinates if not established AND marked	None

Site name	Victoria Lower Glacier
Site coordinates	77°19′48.31″S, 162°31′55.29″E, 626.2 m asl
Is this site in an ASMA or ASPA? If so, which one?	McMurdo Dry Valleys ASMA
Dates occupied (from – to)	13 Nov 2008
Total time (days /hours) at site	3 hours
Maximum number of people at site (your event)	3
Total person-days (or person-hours) at site	9 person-hours
Main activity undertaken	Mass balance measurements
Cumulative impacts observed	None
Helo landing site coordinates if not established AND marked	N.A.

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Site name	Skinner Saddle
Site coordinates	80°55′54.66″S, 159°30′11.56″E, 917.5m asl
Is this site in an ASMA or ASPA? If so, which one?	No
Dates occupied (from – to)	18 Nov 2008
Total time (days /hours) at site	6
Maximum number of people at site (your event)	4
Total person-days (or person-hours) at site	24
Main activity undertaken	Relocation and maintenance of automatic weather station and retrieval of recorded data
Cumulative impacts observed	None
Helo landing site coordinates if not established AND marked	N.A.

Site name	Windless Bight
Site coordinates	78°03.273′S, 166°57.604′E 77°59.224′S, 166°59.673′E 77°56.201′S, 167°00.063′E 77°53.502′S, 166°00.053′E 77°51.324′S, 166°57.250′E
Is this site in an ASMA or ASPA? If so, which one?	No
Dates occupied (from – to)	19 Nov 2008
Total time (days /hours) at site	10
Maximum number of people at site (your event)	3
Total person-days (or person-hours) at site	30 person-hours
Main activity undertaken	Recovery of 5 shallow (~3m deep) firn cores
Cumulative impacts observed	None
Helo landing site coordinates if not established AND marked	N.A.