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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1979-80: VUWAE 24

Finance

Finance

A grant of $14,000 was obtained from the University Grants Committee to pay for food, clothing, camping items, scientific equipment, travel, freight and insurance. However, this was not sufficient for both the drilling project and the subsequent field programme that developed. The University's Internal Research Committee made a further grant of $530 in addition to its grant to student assistants, the Geology Department paid for repairs to a theodolite, and the Physics Department purchased a $500 share in the "Mate" earth/ice auger. The running grant of the Antarctic Research Centre was also used to help cover the gap, our total budget for the season being $16,300, despite a range of economies in purchasing.

A grant of $1,388 was also made from the Trans-Antarctic Association to help the participation of Dr McKelvey, sedimentologist, and Howard Brady, micropaleontologist.