Butter Pt Camp:

Butter Pt camp was used by K042 while working in the New Harbour area. Our equipment required periodic maintenance and cleaning which was easily done at Butter Pt rather than at tent camp at the sampling sites. We were also hesitant about camping in the Ferrar Fjord in light of the CIROS 2 storm the previous season. A similar storm occurred in the area this season on December 5, the day we finished work in the Fjord.

The commuting time from Butter Pt to sample sites was about an hour. We do not consider this time excessive because we were able to leave earlier from Butter Pt than a tent camp giving us more work time each day.