Date |
Main Activities and Location |
Other Comments |
10 Nov |
Arrive in ChCh, kit-up |
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11 Mon |
Depart for SB at 9:00am, boomerang back to ChCh due to weather at SB |
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12 Tue |
Depart for SB at 8:30am, arrive at 2:30pm, briefing and AFT briefing |
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13 Wed |
SB, NW & CC AFT; CA & WD pack field equipment |
windy conditions with snow,-14C |
14 Thu |
SB, NW & CC complete AFT; CA & WD pack field equipment |
beautiful walk on the sea ice |
15 Fri |
SB, testing and final packing of field equipment,repacking of food boxes |
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16 Sat |
SB to Table Mt, NW,WD,JT&DP 1st helo; CA&CC 2nd |
last minute swap of polar tents |
17 Sun |
TM, recon walk around the area |
wind picking up,very windy night |
18 Mon |
TM, OSL sampling, recon Columnar Vly and reprogram temp probes |
late finish |
19 Tue |
TM, shallow drilling on polygons in Columnar Vly, finish recon |
late finish, need a bigger drill |
20 Wed |
TM to Pearse Valley, Pringle to SB; short recon walk around Lake House end of PV |
Pearse Vly much warmer |
21 Thu |
PV, NW&CC dig 5 pit; CA&WD recon |
late dinner at 10:30pm |
22 Fri |
PV, NW,WD&CC core one pit,CA recon Lake House area |
late dinner at 10:45pm |
23 Sat |
PV, core and OSL sample another pit, dig 3 more pits |
windy and cold evening |
24 Sun |
PV, recon of dunes, CC to Lake Joyce & Taylor glacier tongue |
late dinner at 11pm |
25 Mon |
PV, NW&WD OSL sampling at dunes; CA&CC dig pits |
cold evening −16C |
26 Tue |
PV, CA,CA&CC core + sample third pit, NW petrography@camp |
dinner at 10pm |
27 Wed |
PV, CA&WD further recon, NW&CC OSL sampling; DV visit @2pm |
Helo move confirmed |
28 Thu |
PV, walk to Lake Joyce Taylor glacier tongue, dig more pits |
confusion about helo sched |
29 Fri |
PV to Vic Vly for CA, NW & WD; DN, HM, DW SB to VV; CC to SB |
just made it to SB,weather bad |
30 Sat |
VV, rec, interviews by DW |
early start |
1 DEC |
VV,recon walk to the dunes, DV visit @3:45pm, sieving of samples |
DW retro SB with DV's |
2 Mon |
VV, surveying, pit digging and drilling at the dunes |
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3 Tue |
VV, GPS survey of dunes, check and relocation of weather stations |
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4 Wed |
VV, recon of Victoria glacier tongue, collect samples form sediment traps |
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5 Thu |
VV, OSL sampling and surveying |
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6 Fri |
VV, NW completed GPS survey of dunes, weather stations relocated |
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7 Sat |
VV, rest of the surveys completed, filming at Packard Glacier,visit Lake Vida |
Packard Stm flowing |
8 Sun |
VV, OSL and ice samples from Victoria glacier |
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9 Mon |
VV to SB NW DN 1st helo & WD, CA, HM on 2end;10a start |
Endura tent difficult to pack |
10 Tue |
SB, cleaning, sorting & packing of field equipment |
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11Wed |
SB to ChCh-WD,HM,DN & CC |
Av Wgtn 8ppage 3 |
12 Thu |
SB to ChCh CA |
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13 Fri |
SB to ChCh NW |
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SB=Scott Base; PV=Pearse Valley; VV=Victoria Valley
CA=Cliff Atkins; CC=Camilla Colebatch; DN=David Neil; DP=Daniel Pringle; HM=Hamish McGowan; JT=Joe Trodahl; WD=Warren Dickinson