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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 2008-09: VUWAE 53

*EVENT DIARY

*EVENT DIARY

Describe your field activities and movements in a concise day-by-day diary form, including main activities, where the party stayed (hut, description of camp site) and if members are at different locations (note this and numbers at each location). Record general comments relating to weather, route finding problems, dangerous icefalls or crevasse fields (mark on event map), suitable campsites, surface conditions encountered etc.

Date Main Activities and Location Other Comments
10/11/08 Monday Arrive at SB
11/11/08 Tuesday Refresher AFT, locating cargo, staging of field equipment, testing of science equipment
12/11/08 Wednesday Hazard certification of hazardous cargo, supply cargo weights, and test field equipment
13/11/08 Thursday SB to Evans Piedmont Glacier with NSF 36J: Nancy Bertler, Nathan Cross, Paul Rogers, arrive at 11am. Weather Station in good condition, down loading of meteorological data, checking battery voltage and solar panel charging capacity. Replace Storage module CR10 with CR10X and upload new programme. Measure mass balance devices, which are now 27cm below snow surface. Will require extension during 2009/10 field season
14/11/08 Friday Unsuitable weather conditions over Darwin Glacier area led to cancellation of deployment to Skinner Saddle. Inspection of the new ice core reefer container showed minor damage on the exterior.
15/11/08 Saturday Suitable weather but lack in helicopter capacity (full schedule) – no deployment. Organisation of drilling equipment to recover shallow ice cores from McMurdo Ice Shelf page 5
17/11/08 Monday Attempted to deploy to Skinner Saddle with HNO but unsuitable weather conditions at SB and MCM cancelled deployment
18/11/08 Tuesday Deployment to Skinner Saddle with HNO: Nancy Bertler, Nathan Cross, and Paul Rogers. After refuelling at Darwin Glacier Fuel Camp, arrive at Skinner Saddle at noon. Weather Station in good condition, but buried in deep snow. 1.60m snow accumulation since deployment in 2007/-8 field season. Excavating weather station, down loading of meteorological data, checking battery voltage and solar panel charging capacity. Replace Storage module CR10 with CR10X and upload new programme.
19/11/08 Wednesday Traverse from White Island to Scott Base, following Black Island road, using PB02: Nancy Bertler, Lyall Cross, and Naomi. Recovery of a total of five cores of ~3m length at each site
20/11/08 Thursday Packing cargo, discuss with cargo handler shipment requirements for temperature sensitive cargo and general cargo
21/11/08 Departure for Christchurch