Date |
Main Activities and Location |
Other Comments |
16-30 Dec. |
Preparing Aalener sledge for Hot Water Drill at Scott Base |
Johno Leitch |
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Preparing Camp Containers, CRP DS Lab and equipment at Scott Base |
Johno Leitch, Scott Base staff. |
30 Dec. |
E. Dunker, U. Nixdorf, A. Pyne; Chch to Scott Base |
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31Dec.- 4 Jan. |
Assembly and testing equipment at Scott Base -Willy Rd. transition. Preparing traverse loads |
Assisted by SB plant ops. (Kim and Gus) |
4 Jan. |
G. Dunbar, D. Mason; Chch to Scott Base |
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3-5 Jan. |
Traverse equipment to MISHWD-1 site. Start camp setup. |
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5 Jan. |
Move site west along seismic line to HWD-1 site. |
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6 - 7 Jan. |
Camp setup, Vehicle licences, started making water with HWD |
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7 Jan. |
P. Barrett, L. Carter, G. Giorgetti, F. Niessen, C. Riesselman, N. Robinson; Chch to Scott Base. Melting snow at HWD site 1 for drilling. |
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8-12 Jan. |
Drilled HWD-1 hole. Down hole reamer fitting lost and new hole drilled 3 m away |
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8 Jan. |
Preparing equipment and laboratory operation at Scott Base. |
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10 Jan. |
Sea ice site for Broadband Deployment, site BB2, Kassbohrer drilled hole. |
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11 Jan. |
BB2 site, recovered instrument for checking and set up snow box (box brownie) around hole. |
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14 Jan. |
HWD-1. Started current meter (S4) and water bottle sampling. Winch motor problems, used skidoo. Multiple water bottle array stuck under ice, recovered at slack water. |
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15-16 Jan. |
Winch operating with SB electric motor. 24 hour current profiling and water sampling. |
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16-17 Jan. |
Completed current profiling and water sampling. Calliper log of hole and coring and grab of sea floor. Reamed hole for ADCP mooring. |
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18 Jan. |
Deployed ADCP mooring. Some personnel return to Scott Base. |
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19 Jan. |
Fuelling and camp maintenance. |
Johno camp caretaking |
20-21 Jan. |
Storm, condition 1-2 on Willy Rd. Some personnel return to HWD-1 camp on 21 Jan. during short weather break. |
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22 Jan. |
Dig out and recover ADCP mooring (86 hour duration). Personnel to HWD-1 camp for instrument download. |
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23 Jan. |
Start camp pack up and move. HWD-2 site located and camp moved for overnight occupation. Some personnel to Scott Base. |
Johno and Gus |
24 Jan. |
Set up Hwd-2 campsite. Move remaining equipment form HWD-1 to HWD-2 site. |
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25 Jan. |
Preparing HWD equipment, make start-up water and complete camp setup. Personnel to site |
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26 Jan. |
Drill HWD-2. Ice thickness approx 144 m. |
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27 Jan. |
Reaming hole |
Visitors from SB |
28 Jan. |
Started 24 current profiling and water sampling |
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28 Jan. |
L. Carter return Chch. |
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29 Jan. |
Completed water column profiling. Coring and grab sampling of the sea floor |
Visitors from Crary Lab & McMurdo.page 7 |
30 Jan. |
Calliper log and reaming hole. Prepare and deploy ADCP mooring. |
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31 Jan. |
Caretaking at site, some personnel return to SB and return to site. |
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1 Feb. |
Personnel to site for mooring recovery, recover mooring started at 2300 hrs. |
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2 Feb. |
3.5Khz and further coring of the sea floor. Preparing instruments for return to NZ and transport to Scott Base. |
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3 Feb. |
Set up mini HWD on Hagglund sledge for sea ice mooring recovery. Recover sea ice BB ADCP. |
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4 Feb. |
Break camp and start return of equipment to the SB transition. |
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5 Feb |
Packing for Ship Cargo, returning camp/equipment to SB |
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5 Feb. |
P Barrett return Chch. |
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6 Feb |
Helicopter recon. To New Harbour and Black Island, proposed ANDRILL sites. (Dunker, Nixdorf & Pyne) |
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7-9 Feb. |
Packing up equipment and laboratories at Scott Base. |
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9 Feb. |
F. Niessen & A. Pyne return to Chch. |
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10 Feb. |
G. Dunbar, E. Dunker, G. Giorgetti, J. Leitch, D. Mason, U. Nixdorf, C. Riesselman & N. Robinson return Chch. |
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