Immediate report of Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition 1988-89: VUWAE 33
Management of Science in the Ross Dependency
Management of Science in the Ross Dependency
1) | Planning for an alternative landing site was undertaken prior to our pull out date, it was known from the put in that the site was unsuitable due to the presence of crevasses yet alternate sites were not looked for. |
2) | A list of previous landing sites and there characteristics were readily available. Ant. Div. should maintain a log of all NZARP related landings and this should be available at Scott Base. |
The planned 1:50,000 scale geological mapping of the Convoy Range and Allan Hills could not be undertaken due to the non-arrival of the required air photos. This is of concern because the photos were ordered from USGS some months before hand and arrived in Christchurch on or before Dec 1st. However they did not arrive in Antarctica until after our last camp move which was on Jan 17. It is of serious concern that our co-operative project with NZGS was unsuccessful due to the slowness of mail between Christchurch and Antarctica, every effort should be made to upgrade the system before next season.