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Immediate Report of Victoria University Of Wellington Antarctic Expedition 1987-88: VUWAE 32

Event Diary

Event Diary

4 Nov Dibble, Ball and Ellis fly to S.B. by Starlifter. Begin servicing MEEMS equipment at S.B.
5 Nov Continue servicing. Begin survival course.
6 Nov Finish survival course. Prepare field equipment.
7 Nov Prepare field equipment. Service MEEMS.
8 Nov As for yesterday.
9 Nov Put in to Fang with K191. 3 helo flights.
10 Nov Acclimatising. Weather deteriorating.
11 Nov Acclimatising. Weather improving.
12 Nov Helo lift to Hut. Service Cones telemetry station.
13 Nov K191 plus Steve and Susan survey Tramways, and Dibble and Ball retrieve TV camera from Summit.
14 Nov Modify and test TV camera. Rebuild VLF microphone.
15 Nov Service E1 telemetry station.
16 Nov Install VLF mic at Cones. Reinstall TV camera, and shift transmitter and antenna at Summit. Incomplete.
17 Nov Continue infrared survey and TV servicing.
18 Nov Complete infrared survey and TV service. Service E1 telemetry again. Rebuild VLF mic for E1.page 34
19 Nov Return to S.B., 2 flights.
20-23 Nov Record data and revise instructions for MEEMS.
24 Nov Dibble returns to NZ.
25 Nov-5 Dec Increase the seismic recordings to 8 channels.
6 Dec Ball returns to NZ.
7 Dec-7 Jan Recording and processing MEEMS data.
7 Jan Ellis returns to NZ.