Field Equipment:

The quality of the clothing provided by VUWARC is now excellent, the one exception being the short life of the woollen finger gloves due to handling of rocks. Equipment provided by Scott Base was also excellent, and in this respect the Storeman and Doghandler are thanked for their assistance.

Some thought could be given to the composition of the NZARP food boxes for the field. In particular, now that these are considered to be 20 man-day allocations rather than 14 man-days, extra drink ingredients such as coffee and Refresh should be provided. The "deny" provisions should be substituted with frozen meat, for all field parties with the exception of those with rigorous weight limits (e.g. deep field sledging parties).