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

F. RECOMMENDATIONS

F. RECOMMENDATIONS

Equipment

Brady and McKelvey were outfitted with cold weather gear by Antarctic Division D.S.I.R. for which VUWAE paid a rental. The new D.S.I.R. issue (green) quilted jackets and the new style windproofs were much appreciated under the weather conditions encountered in the Coombs Hills. The windproof trousers do need braces, however, as they work down particularly when the pockets contain equipment, etc. Ankle tapes are also needed as it's very easy to snag a crampon spike and, and while climbing, even a projecting rock.

Further work

Every effort should be made to extend for at least one more season the search for "old" pre-Pleistocene tills and tillites, and striated pavements north of the Mawson Glacier. Particularly, this should be done in the Trinity Nunatak, Schultz Peak - Mt Armytage, and Mount Murray regions. It is appreciated that the Coombs Hills-Allan Hills area is at the limit of helicopter range for a payload of 1650 lbs. However, we feel that by adopting a much more austere (but still adequate) field ration and by pruning equipment to essentials this load for a ten day trip could be reduced to under 1000 lbs. This could be done without jeopardizing in any way the safety of the field party. Given the refueling facility at Marble Point, could not the operational range be extended so as to reach these localities at the head of and on the north side of the Mawson Glacier.