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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1968-69: VUWAE 13

FINANCE, EQUIPMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

FINANCE, EQUIPMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

The expedition was supported financially by a grant from the University Research Grants Committee. This grant was used to purchase such items as food, clothing, stationery, etc., and to cover insurance of personnel and instruments. Financial aspects of the expedition were in the hands of Mr John Andrews, Science Faculty Clerk.

Fieldgear:

A considerable amount of gear was already available in the VUWAE Antarctic store. This included such items as primuses, small tents, sleeping bags, kitchen utensils, small radios, etc. Hew purchases were mainly replacement items (tea towels, pot mits, etc.) and spare parts (primus spares, etc.). A number of field items, not page 4 normally required by VUWAE parties but used during the Boomerang Range trip, were borrowed from Scott Base. This included heavy down clothing, rope, ladders, sledge radio, rescue gear, skis, toboggans, sledges, polar tents, etc.

Instruments;

Special equipment, cameras, tapes, etc. were borrowed from the Department of Physics and Department of Geology.

Food.

As this year's programme included a sledging journey it was thought advisable to use standard sledging rations rather than the heavier VUWAE dry valley rations. In the course of the season the geological party consumed ten boxes of 20-man-day rations. These were purchased from Scott Base. Twenty-one were issued and eleven later returned to either Scott Base or Vanda Station. Messrs Cousins, Murrell and Blong used food from the VUWAE store at Scott Base.

At the end of the season all stocks of loose VUWAE food were packed into 10 x 20-man-day rations. This should provide ample food for next year's activities.