Refuge Hut:

Korsch and George spent 12 nights in the Meserve Refuge Hut in the Lower Wright Valley. The hut is in good condition although over the past few seasons it appears to have not been used very much. Provisions are adequate but limited, and we only used food brought with us from Scott Base. Its location was ideal for our work between the Goodspeed and Meserve glaciers. Although we collected some of the garbage from the vicinity of the hut there is still a lot of wood, metal, etc. within 200 m of the hut. Some thought could be given to toilet facilities (e.g. a fixed frame to use with removable plastic garbage bags) because the Dry Valley adage "There's one under every rock" holds true for the area near the hut. Nevertheless, our stay in the hut was much appreciated as the space and equipment (e.g. table and chairs) made the night-time writing up of field notes an easier task.