Acknowledgements

Throughout the field season we experienced superb support from Scott Base Staff, their enthusiasm and dedication saw us get into the field ahead of time and once in the field their continued support was unprecedented. Several members of the Scott Base team deserve special mention, in particular we thank Doug Henderson and John Lee for their excellent work in the Stores Dept., the comms operators for keeping us amused on the many occasions when we were tent bound!, and Don Hammond for his unrelenting work, often long into the night.

We also thank Garth Varcoe and his team for establishing a fuel dump for us a Commonwealth Camp prior to our arrival, and Eric Saxby for assistance in planning the traverse.

Hovercraft support was provided by ANS and Helicopter support by VXE-6.

Finally, special mention must be made of our Antarctic Division field assistant, Tony Teeling. Tony's enthusiasm was unrelenting and he contributed significantly to the success to the programme.