4 Acknowledgments

As event leader, my most sincere appreciation and thanks are given to the five other members of the event who were largely responsible for the success of the field season. All of the personnel at Scott Base were extremely helpful and provided the support that made the field season possible. In particular, Paul Woodgate in Christchurch and Bridget Troughton at Scott Base were extremely efficient in shipping extra drilling equipment at the last minute. Numerous discussions with Alex Pyne greatly helped in organizing the field season. Graeme Claridge provided much needed background information as well as the spark that initiated the diamond core drilling. Nine metres of drill rod provided by Jim Cowie and the Cape Roberts Project made the drilling eight and nine meter holes possible. Jeff Ashby gave much needed assistance with the drilling reports, and Peter Barrett saved the PGSF bid from going under in the early stages. Funding for the event was provided by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology under contract number DIC601.

Small cairns of one to two cobbles high were left to mark and cover open core holes at TM-1, TM-2, TM-6, TM-7, and TM-8 (see locations on drill hole map). These holes were left open for future monitoring of ground temperatures. In addition, it may be feasible in the future to deepen the hole at TM-7 to penetrate through the Sirius to the underlying bedrock contact.

The main impact at the Table Mt sites consisted of tramping over the fragile desert pavement. While this is unavoidable if field work is to be conducted in the area, such an impact is visible for perhaps 5 to 10 years after the event. This is because of slow the process by which the pavement forms. When working around a drill site, event personnel attempted to follow the same track. When the drill site was vacated, pavement stones were swept and raked over the tracks in an effort to reclaim the surface. In most cases this mitigation measure, significantly reduced the visual impact and should allow the pavement to reform completely in 3-5 years.