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Immediate report of Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition 1988-89: VUWAE 33

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

The success of the 1988/89 programme reflects the tremendous assistance received from many persons. The University Grants Committee provided the basic expedition funding and the Internal Research Committee of Victoria University funded all the prefabricated weirs and flumes, and the data logging equipment and sensors.

Graeme Hewitt and the staff of the Mechanical Workshop at Victoria University constructed all the weirs, flumes, sediment traps, and instrument mountings within a very short time frame. A tribute to their work is the fact that all the pieces slotted together with the precision of a jigsaw on arrival in the field. The quality of the data collected hung on their craftsmanship which could not be faulted.

Staff at Scott Base, but in particular John Alexander and Phil Robbins, assisted the project in many ways including finding a replacement PC at short notice at a critical time in the project. This was the best field season that I have had on the "Ice" in terms of support from Scott Base and this is a credit to the summer staff hired by Antarctic Division.

Martin Doyle (Water Resources Survey technician) provided considerable assistance with the installation of the weirs and flumes early in the season. His company was also much appreciated by the event personnel.

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Finally, I acknowledge the assistance provided by IBM (NZ) Ltd in loaning an IBM Convertible PC for the duration of the season. When a disk drive in the first machine failed as a result of the sandy environment they sent a replacement at very short notice. Without this equipment the project would not have been able to go ahead.