DATE |
LOCATION |
BRIEF DIARY |
NOV 3 |
Chch |
WD,AP,PC,TK boomerang flight |
S 4 |
Chch-SB |
WD,AP,PC,TK arrive SB 8:30p |
Su 5 |
SB |
Boxes to cold porch & begin unpacking |
M 6 |
SB |
Prep & repack drill equip |
T 7 |
SB |
AP,PC,TK,WD meet w/ BG,KW; Core boxes from BFC, Rig for test drill of SB diesel spill |
W 8 |
SB |
Test drill system; compressor operation in cold; took 1m core in basalt for contamination |
Th 9 |
SB-Vida |
Pack drill kit; WD,AP,PC,TK 7:30p to Vida; BG, KW av Vida 10pm; 4x sling loads follow; last av @ 5am |
F 10 |
Vida |
Set-up drill system; WD takes 1.5m Sipre core of L Vida ice near west end stream entry |
S 11 |
Vida |
12pm start drill PC-5; move to PC-4; finish @ 6pm |
Su 12 |
Vida |
10am start drill PC-1; 3pm move to PC-6 & finish 8pm; Cleary drops off spare bits from Websters |
M 13 |
Vida |
Visit by Craig Potton 9am 10am move to PC-7 & drill; 12:30p move to PC-3; 3pm move to PC-2 & finish drill 5:30p; AP,PC,TK,KW hike across lake |
T 14 |
Vida |
9am coms w/ SB and McM about next moves; 11am start drill PC-8;
4:30p start drill PC-9 finish 5p; dig & find DVDP-6; plans to case but need to make tools @SB |
W 15 |
Vida |
WoW to move AP to SB; BG & KW hike to dune; others in camp |
Th 16 |
Vida |
WoW; BG,WD hike to overlook; others in camp |
F 17 |
Vida |
WoW; BG,WD hike to Upper Victoria Glacier, others hike to Dune |
S 18 |
Vida |
9am PC,BG to McM; 2pm AP to Cape Roberts to repair tide gauge; WD studies pattern ground |
Su 19 |
Vida |
12pm WD,TK,KW hike to east end of Lake Vida |
M 20 |
Vida |
8:30am PC arrives w/tools; 11pm reaming DVDP-6 w/ casing; hole in good cond; AP arrives 1:30p; set 12m of casing w/10l water; capped by 5pm; packed up drill system by 7pm |
T 21 |
Vida-Mpt |
4pm WD,AP,PC,TK,KW + personal kit & ice core box to Mpt via K047B, Lower Vic Glacier to pick up solar panel; PC & KW on to McM; repack camp kit for AH |
W 22 |
Mpt-AH |
3pm WP,CH,GK move SB to Mpt; 4:30p AP,TK,GK,CH move to AH/Trudge Vly & set up camp by 8pm; WD,WP hike to Bay of Sails north of Mpt. |
Th 23 |
Mpt-AH |
10:30a WD,WP to AH/Trudge Vly; fuel sling from Mpt; 2x sling + internal loads from Vida to AH by 4pm; setting up drill rig |
F 24 |
AH |
Setting up rig; drilling@1pm; AH-T-1 ice free to 1.5m = no core! repair power head; WD,WP hike to U Triangle |
S 25 |
AH |
WD,PH observe Sirius @ U Triangle; Compressor mount sheared off, geo bolts found for repair! carb repair on power head; no drilling |
Su 26 |
AH |
WD,PH,CH,WP hike to L Triangle & LakeVly; 11am drilling AH-T-1 & TD in Weller @ 6:30p |
M 27 |
AH |
WD,AP,TK,GK,PH check L Triangle & decide not to drill there; WP,CH hike to Camp Vly; WD rtn to camp via Watters Pk; solar flares = no radio coms |
T 28 |
AH |
10am move rig 150m S; WD,WP,CH ice cored LV-1 = 1.1m and LV-2 = 2.05m w/ PICO auger; return 6pm; 4pm drill AH-T-2 to 1.8m no ice; hole caving; 7pm cmted rubble w/20l water to set for nite; no coms |
W 29 |
AH |
Coms w/SB;10:30a drill out cmted rubble & cored 2.0-4.5m w/reaming, finish 6pm; blowing >15knts all day |
Th 30 |
AH |
11am coring and reaming 4.5-8.3m; TD in Weller@ 7pm; used nearly all fuel; 11pm-2am packed rig for 10am sling out |
DEC 1 |
AH |
WoW @ AH, fine at SB; good coms for weather reports every 2hrs |
S 2 |
AH |
WoW; WD,AP,WP climb Sched Pk for weather rpt; WD,WP examine pattern ground in Trudge Vly |
Su 3 |
AH |
WoW; WD,CB examine Mawson on Mt Watters: others in camp all day; WD & CB collect & bag old rubbish from around supply cashe (ca 1963) left at tongue of Odell Glacier in Trudge Vly |
M 4 |
AH-Mpt |
9:45a WD,AP,WP,GK move to Battleship Prom. to collect endoliths; unload survival gear; helo moves TK,CH to Mpt; 12:45 WD,AP,WP,GK move to Mpt; clean & repack camp kit for TM |
T 5 |
Mpt |
WoW @ Mpt for move to TM; read, video, eat! |
W 6 |
Mpt |
WoW; outline prelim report; examine beach ridges N of Marble Pt |
Th 7 |
Mpt-TM |
10am WD,TK,GK move to TM; 10cm snow = difficult to locate
drill sites; carried gear 400m downslope to SW and set-up camp; 2x slings + internal from AH; 1x sling from Mpt; AP,CH av @ 10:15p & finish camp set-up 1am! |
F 8 |
TM |
AP,WD find exact loc of camp on aerial photo; set up rig; new warm up procedure for compressor; drilling TM-00-1 by 6:30p & cored 0.5m when clutch on power head broke |
S 9 |
TM |
Drilling @ 11am 0.8m/hr; ice cuttings not clearing well; stopped @ 7:30p @6.1m, slow but steady day |
Su 10 |
TM |
10am changed to T-60 bit, drilled 0.2m & barrel got frozen in hole 11am; jacks in bad repair & could not jack out; poured hot salty water (6% sol'n) in hole but no give; rod twisted off @ sub; spare sub at SB; moral is low! |
M 11 |
TM |
11am AP to SB for tools and parts; WD,CH measure polygons; WD,CH,GK climb Mt Buggar; AP arrives 11pm with retrieval tools |
T 12 |
TM |
10am overdrilling w/NQ; 10:30a NQ bit is frozen & stuck; 3pm jacked out NQ; move to TM-00-2; 1.5hrs to start cooler; 10pm monkey jars & fuel av from SB; 11pm finished coring @2.37m |
W 13 |
TM |
Drilled data logger post hole TM-00-2a; spud TM-00-3 @1pm; TD@ 2.17 when radiator cooler clogged w/ ice @3:30p. AP sets up data logger in TM-00-2 |
Th 14 |
TM |
Moved to TM-00-4 & cored 3.21m in 1.5 hrs and finished by 1pm; moved to TM-00-5; drilling dolerite clast (0.3m in 1.5hr) & decided to TD hole @ 1.83m; drilled data logger post hole TM-00-5a; WD sampled Sirius fractures |
F 15 |
TM |
10am drilling TM-00-6; 10:30a K042 av & set up camp around us; drilling slow but steady; 6:30p TD @ 4.40m & packed fly boxes; AP sets up #2 data logger in TM-00-6 |
S 16 |
TM |
3x slings to SB @ 2, 3:30 & 5am; WD,SH climb Navajo Pk; upslope cloud @9am; WoW to move to SB |
Su 17 |
TM-SB |
9:30a WD,SH to SB; 11:30a AP,TK,GK to SB; clean camp kit; pack boxes for NZ; bag drag 6:30p |
M 18 |
SB-Chch |
9am WD,AP to Chch; av 5pm & de-kit; 6:30pm flight to Wgtn |