The data and sample gathering phase of the Windless Bight project has now been successfully completed. Some results are immediately apparent and are summarised below. Others require further data reduction and analysis. Roles and responsibilities for the field phase just completed are shown in Table 1.

Camp was set up on the first site at the intersection of seismic lines MIS-1 and MIS-2 on January 3. However, because the site was too close to one of the approaches to a runway on Williams Field it had to be moved 1.75 northward along the seismic line to 77° 53 308′S; 167° 17.753′E and was designated HWD03-1 or Site 1 (Fig. 1). At the same time a Broadband ADCP current meter was installed in sea ice at the edge of the ice shelf south of Scott Base (77° 52.773″S; 166° 50.042′E) to record currents to 400 m depth continuously over the following 3-4 weeks. The hole at Site 1 was drilled on January 11 and after 4 attempts successfully reamed finally on January 12 (midnight) to a diameter of > 0.56 m throughout. Measurements and sampling through the hole took place from January 13 to 22. On January 23 and 24 the camp was shifted 7 km northeast to the second site to be occupied (HWD03-2 or Site 2). The access hole was drilled on January 26, reamed finally on January 27 (22:00) and kept open until February 2 for measurements and sampling. Camp and equipment were returned to Scott Base and the field operation completed by February 4.