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Immediate Report of Victoria University Of Wellington Antarctic Expedition 1987-88: VUWAE 32

Cargo

page 32

Cargo

My cargo going South was no problem. It consisted of one large cargon (500 kg) of NZ and Japanese equipment and 150 lb hand carry (see Appendix 1 for detail). Susan Ellis had a problem coming north, because she had to bring all the recordings as hand carry luggage. She was relieved to be met at Christchurch, and given some help.

Cargo between NZ and Japan proved a problem, because there were no Japanese participants to smooth the way through Customs. Prof Kaminuma had difficulty clearing the seismic tape recordings when they arrived in Japan, even though he purchased and shipped them from Japan. His solution is to always use "Kaminuma and Dibble" as both consignor and consignee, to ensure that one of us is present at each end, but he was confused when tapes (used) I sent him arrived soon after he had sent new ones south, and thought his had done a round trip!