Immediate report of Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition 1989-90: VUWAE 34
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
The success of the 1989/90 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, the data logging equipment, albedometer, and various 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. They also designed and constructed all the attachments for mounting the camera on the theodolite and for erecting the numerous benchmarks both on the glacier snout and on the rock pavement. A tribute to their work is the fact that all weirs survived the winter and are continuing to work. The quality of the data collected hung on their craftsmanship which could not be faulted.
Staff at Scott Base, but in particular the Operations Manager (Don Hammond), the Stores staff (John Lee and Doug Henderson), and radio operators assisted the project in many ways. Generally all the staff at Scott Base were more than willing to assist event personnel in any way they could.
This was a very productive season on the "Ice" and this is a credit to all those who have helped this event.