Dec 18 |
Awaiting helo, cleaning gear. Monteath, Keys, Stern, Palmer + 2 USARPs to Fang Glacier. |
19 |
Traversed Mt. Fang, sampling tephra layers en route. |
20 |
Climbed up to Erebus Crater via fumarole towers (sampled). Checked lava lake and measured lava temperature. |
21 |
Shifted to Mt. Erebus summit camp, after acclimatising satisfactorily in 3 days. |
22 |
Set up seismometer and seismograph inside cave. Placed leg of lamb in hot ground in Side Crater. |
23-26 |
Tent days due to wind and snow. Set up inoperative seismo gear in main tent. Retrieved successful hangi on 25th. |
27 |
Keys plus 2 USARPs return to Scott Base. Keys works on samples. Monteath, Stern, Palmer begin surveying programme. |
28-30 |
Surveying continuing, with holdups due to poor visibility. |
29 |
Keys returns to Christchurch. |
31 |
Monteath, Stern, Palmer return to Scott Base. |