Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1984-85: VUWAE 29
Tuesday 28
Tuesday 28
Sea ice route - Scott Base to McMurdo Ice Shelf Tip (Pyne, Macpherson, Stephenson, Brown, Ross).
Good ice route, small low broken ice patches (less than 0.5 m high) closest to McMurdo. Sea ice thickness to ice shelf varied from 32" - 33". Several cracks were mapped around the ice shelf tip. The large crack crossed on Butter Point recee (25-26 August) had grown to a constant width of 4-5 m. Return to Scott Base flagging a possible route. Thickness of ice at edge of large crack was 30".
Survival course for Barrett, Ashby, Ward, Wright, run by Saxby.