▪ Reception and planning for your event:

Our event was one of the first big events to be staged at Scott Base that season. The base engineering crew were fresh, but provided us with a good level of support. K114 N and P (seismic teams) included an experienced mechanic who had wintered in 1992 (Mike Collins) and new his way around ANT NZ equipment and Scott Base. Mike and the drilling team were able to prepare our equipment (primarily the Hagglunds with seismic gear and the drill rig), without any real demands on the time of the engineering staff. The only real pressure placed on the engineering staff was to provide space in the garage for staging vehicles and sledges. Jim Cowie and the Field Operations Officer did a good job at allocating resources to a complicated and multi-facetted event.