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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1999-2000: VUWAE 44

[introduction]

Information from this section helps us to assess the environmental (including cumulative) impacts and overall environmental performance of New Zealand's activities each year. This reporting is a requirement of the legislation which implements the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty in New Zealand. It also forms the basis for annual input into Antarctica New Zealand's environmental database. Please be as specific as possible. For locations occupied, provide the site or protected area name, and GPS coordinates or map references where appropriate.

i.From your event diary, please summarise for each site visit made:
  • Location (for field camps please give coordinates)
  • Dates occupied
  • Total days (or part days) spent at site
  • Maximum number of people at site
  • Total person-days spent at site (e.g. 5 people on site for 3 days = 15 person days)
  • Main activity undertaken (e.g. soil sampling, penguin census, hut maintenance)

If possible, please provide a map of the sites visited, particularly for any rarely visited sites which may not be in the database. For field camps, indicate whether an existing campsite was used.

1)Site 1: location - Camp Valley (76°41′42″ S, 159°39′36″ E); occupied -20/11/99 to 21/01/00; total days – 63; maximum personnel – 7; total person-days - 217; activities - geological mapping, outcrop description and rock sampling.
2)Site 2: location - Trudge Valley (Beta camp) (approx. 76°42′18″ S, 159°47′24″ E); occupied - 4/01/00 – 20/01/00; total days – 17; maximum personnel – 2; total person-days – 20; activities - geological mapping, outcrop description and rock sampling.
ii.

For any protected areas visited (including historic huts), provide details of:

No protected areas were visited.

iii.

Detail any interference with terrestrial, freshwater or marine plants or animals or animal parts (e.g. shells, bones, feathers etc). For each site and/or species sampled or disturbed, provide:

No animals or animal parts were sampled or disturbed.

iv.Detail any collection of geological material (including meteorites, ventifacts, fossils or sub-fossils) or soil. For each sample (or group of samples) taken describe the location, specimen type and quantity in kg.