| Date |
Main Activities and Location |
Other Comments |
| 9 NOV |
Lv Chch 6 am, Av SB 12pm; AFT brief and refresher |
Hopkins sprains ankle |
| 10 S |
SB, cond 2: mtgn w/ Cowie for plans and needs |
Pizza dinners |
| 11 Su |
SB, re-packed shipped boxes to ready for field |
BBQ |
| 12 M |
SB, Hopkins cleared for AFT; sorted food boxes, wts to Cowie |
Marked VUW exams |
| 13 T |
SB, tested hammer drill for field sampling, mods needed |
Shopping at McM |
| 14 W |
SB, mods to drill at SB workshop, final packing of field gear |
Packed personal gear |
| 15 Th |
SB, to Univ Vly 2pm; risk mgmt w/Cowie; camp & dinner by 10p |
ST & KH cold at nite (-18) |
| 16 F |
UV, recon main valley floor 11- 7p; WD to Farnell Vly, 9p rtn |
Long day; lite winds in BV |
| 17 S |
UV, dug 2 soil pits in UV to test methods; left UV-1 open for 4 days |
Sun on camp 9a-to 10p |
| 18 Su |
UV, dug 1 pit in main Beacon Vly; found Univ Wash wx sta ctr of Vly |
Early night |
| 19 M |
UV, Walk to Farnell Vly, dug 1 pit; WD climb Brawhm Pass |
VHF comms difficult |
| 20 T |
UV, Walk to Friedman Vly, dug 2 pits on Rx Glacier; VHF aerial broke |
Long day, late nite |
| 21 W |
UV, WD climb So Beacon ridge to get comms; girls dig pit BV |
Pack boxes for moving |
| 22 Th |
UV, to Arena Vly 3p, lost VHF hand radio at UV camp, set camp AV |
S. Tammik cuts finger 9pm |
| 23 F |
AV, 10p ST to McM for stitches in finger, KH & WD recon AV |
ST delay to MCM no stch |
| 24 S |
AV, cond 2 @ camp; reading and writing; cleared by 10pm |
ST @ SB until Wed |
| 25 Su |
AV, recon upper AV; WD recon Altar Mtn area |
Early nite; strong wind in AV |
| 26 M |
AV, dig 1 pit in Moraine lwr AV; examined desert pvmnt |
Early nite |
| 27 T |
AV, dig 2 pits in lwr AV |
Talked to Wellington |
| 28 W |
AV, dig 1 pit in paleo dune ptn gnd; ST rtn 5p; Envi inspection group |
ST for dinner! |
| 29 Th |
AV, dig 2 pits transect from paleo dune |
Early dinner and bed |
| 30 F |
AV, WD recon New Mtn area; ST & KH dig shallow pit upper AV |
Packing for camp move |
| 1 DEC |
AV, to Pearse Vly 10am; VHF coms up hill; camp set 5p, WD recon |
Camp by House Lake, water! |
| 2 Su |
PV, recon dunes N side of vly; dig 1 pit found clear ice @ 50cm! |
PV camp is warm! mod winds |
| 3 M |
PV, dig several pits to find extent of ice cored moraine |
Early nite |
| 4 T |
PV, recon to Lake Joyce; dig 2 pits in ctr of PV; old camp site by lake |
Sun on camp 7a to 12a |
| 5 W |
PV, found east extent of ice cored moraine |
Big cook up for last nite |
| 6 Th |
PV to SB for ST and KH; WD to Table Mt. 10am; WD sample at TM |
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| 7 F |
TM to SB 2p, repairs to temp probes complete and re program for 2002 |
Nite at SB; talks at McM |
| 8 S |
SB to Chch for ST & KH; WD cont' put away field gear; |
Talk w/ HNZ directors |
| 9 Su |
SB, work on field report, talk w/ Bruce Koci; walk to Ob Hill |
Warm, cloudless windless day |
| 10 M |
SB, melted ice samples; work on field report |
Late nite |
| 11 T |
SB, work on field report; observed ice drilling Windless Bight |
US scientists for dinner |
| 12 W |
SB, bag drag for 1a flite; flite cancelled @ 3p, worked on field report |
Living out of hand carry bag |
| 13 Th |
SB, flite cancelled 11a; working on manuscript |
Videos at nite |
| 14 F |
SB, cond 1 all day; working on manuscript |
Videos at nite |
| 15 S |
SB, cond 2, working on manuscript and videos |
Take out pizza nite |
| 16 Su |
SB, cond 1 then 2; walked to McM for arts festival |
Videos at nite |
| 17 M |
SB, clearing; waiting on roads and runway to be cleared; |
SB getting crowded |
| 18 T |
SB, working on manuscript, clear calm day, ski herc arrives |
Bernard Hallet for dinner |
| 19 W |
SB, flite sched for 1a; at Pegasus by 11p, mech. prob, flite cand |
Av SB at 5a! |
| 20 Th |
SB, flite sched for 9p, rest for most of day, walk up Crater Hill |
Takaway dinner to herc |
| 21 F |
Chch arrived at 4:25a, de kit and 8am flite to Welly |
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