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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1967-68: VUWAE 12

TRANSPORTATION:

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TRANSPORTATION:

The toboggans once again proved their versatility and apart from a period in the "Edlin Néve" where we had to abandon any further travel due to a Fresh fall of snow on a surface already soft they handled conditions very well. I feel that the working unit of 5 miles a gal. could well be changed to 9 miles, a far more realistic number. Minor repairs were made on the trips, mainly annoying things, i.e. Throttle linkages which proved most inadequate and ended up by being wired in place