| October 11 |
Pyne, McLeod to Scott Base from Christchurch. |
| October 12-30 |
Preparations for the field at Scott Base. Included: refitting and repair of Wannigan, checking and testing of mechanical equipment including winch and toboggans, testing tide gauge, drawing field equipment, arranging for explosives from McMurdo and survival course. |
| October 21 |
Pyne, McLeod (K5); Tinnely and Hawke (K26 - surveyors) - Helo reconnaissance of sea ice route to Granite Harbour, aerial photography of Mackay Glacier tongue and erection of beacons in New Harbour. |
| October 23 |
Macpherson, Paintin to Scott Base from Christchurch. |
| October 31 |
Left Scott Base for Butter Point at 2130 hours. |
| November 1 |
Arrived at Butter Point 0830 hrs. Trip by D4 took 11 hours. Fuel and seismic equipment cached at Butter Pt for mid-November return. |
| November 2 |
Toboggan reconnaissance of seismic area east of Butter Pt. Tinnely to Butter Pt by helo from Vanda. |
| November 3 |
Bulldozed east-west seismic line and erected sea ice movement beacons. |
| November 4 |
Left Butter Pt and camped south of Spike Cape in late evening. (8.5 hours travelling). Tinnely, Macpherson surveying sea ice beacons enroute. |
| November 5 |
Moved from Spike Cape to Cape Roberts. |
| November 6-8 |
Bulldozing and surveying Cape Roberts seismic line until stopped by ice crack 3km due east of Cape Roberts. Set up tide gauge. |
| November 8 |
Moved from Cape Roberts to Mackay Glacier tongue.page 58.gif) |
| November 9-17 |
Work at Granite Harbour. Included: Movement survey of the Mackay Glacier tongue, seafloor sampling near the tongue, current monitoring, establishing seafloor sediment traps. |
| November 12 |
Hawke (K26 surveyor) joins K5 by helo. Damaged parts for snotric and winch returned to Scott Base for repair. Snotric 039 airlifted from Victoria Lower Glacier to K5 and 036 returned to Scott. K26 (surveyors) depart for Cape Roberts by snotrac. |
| November 15 |
Helo drop of winch parts and mail while working at the "ice crack" sample site, core taken the following day. |
| November 17 |
Seafloor core taken at the Glacier snout enroute to Cape Roberts. |
| November 18 |
Cape Roberts to Butter Pt seismic line (15.5 hours). Resurveyed Cape Roberts ice crack enroute. |
| November 19-20 |
Processes core taken on November 17. Flagged part of seismic line while awaiting Dibble's arrival. |
| November 21 |
Dibble arrives by sea ice transport. |
| November 22-28 |
Seismic work off Butter Pt. |
| November 27 |
K26 (surveyors) from K5. |
| November 28 |
Left late evening for Dailey Islands (8 hours). |
| November 29 |
K5 joined by Geophysics seismic party K7. |
| November 29-December 2 |
Seismic work at Dailey Islands. |
| November 30 |
Resupply seismic explosives by Helo. |
| December 3 |
Dibble, Paintin and K7 return to Scott Base. Pyne, Macpherson, McLeod move with D4, etc. to Blue Glacier snout. |
| December 4 |
Rest day. |
| December 5 |
Seafloor core taken 200m from the Blue Glacier snout. |
| December 6 |
Scott Base mechanics arrive with a new engine for snotric 039. |
| December 7 |
Processing Blue Glacier core. Mechanics return to Scott Base and K5 party move to Cape Chocolate. Bathymetry traverse enroute. |
| December 8 |
Bathymetry measurements Cape Chocolate-Dailey Islands.page 59.gif) |
| December 9 |
Coring attempt unsuccessful off Dailey Islands; move to McMurdo Ice Shelf tip. Bathymetry measurements enroute and at Dailey Islands seismic shot points. |
| December 10 |
Return to Scott Base. |
| December 11 |
Preparing toboggans for the last sea ice monitoring at Butter Pt and surveying at Dailey Islands. |
| December 12 |
Macpherson, McLeod by toboggan to Explorers Cove (New Harbour) to pick up K26 (surveyors). |
| December 12-16 |
Surveying at Butter Pt and Dailey Islands (poor weather conditions). Pyne at Scott cleaning and returning equipment, preparing equipment and samples for return to NZ and for use on GLACIER Cruise IV. |
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Set explosion for K11 (ice runway monitoring). |
| December 16 |
Macpherson, McLeod, K26 surveyors return to Scott Base. |
| December 16-18 |
Preparation of sampling equipment finished and bathymetry off Scott Base completed. |
| December 18 |
Pyne, Macpherson awaiting flight to Christchurch. |
| December 26 |
Pyne, Macpherson to Christchurch. |
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