Acknowledgements

The corer was built at the VUW Mechanical Workshop which is funded as a VUW Science Facility. We especially thank Graham Hewitt, Alan Rennie and the other workshop personnel who made significant contributions to the design and construction of the corer.

Eric Broughton VUW Geophysics Institute designed and built the electronic control componentry.

Funding support for the construction of the corer and its Antarctic operations has come from the University Grants Committee in 1990 and subsequently the VUW Internal Grants Committee.

The New Zealand Antarctic Programme and the Ross Dependency Research Committee has supported this programme since 1991.