| Date |
Activity |
| Dec. 28, 2004 |
Arrive in
Christchurch, NZ |
| Dec. 29, 2004 |
Arrive at McMurdo
Station, Antarctica |
| Dec. 30, 2004 -
Jan. 10, 2005 |
Get training,
assemble field gear, wait (scheduled to go to field on Jan. 6, but 5
no-fly days keep us in McM through Jan. 10). |
| Jan. 11, 2005 |
Arrive at Lake
Fryxell field camp, arrange camp. |
| Jan. 12, 2005 |
Begin kinematic
survey of Lake Fryxell wetted zones. No-fly day for recon of sample
plot sites. |
| Jan. 13, 2005 |
Continue Lk
Fryxell survey. No-fly day. |
| Jan. 14, 2005 |
Reconnaissance
flight to Lk Joyce, Lk Bonney, Priscu Str, Lk Hoare, and Upper Onyx
River site. |
| Jan. 15, 2005 |
Sample Lk Bonney
and Priscu Str plots, complete Lk Fryxell wetted zone mapping. |
| Jan. 16, 2005 |
Day off! Hike to
Lk Hoare camp... |
| Jan. 17, 2005 |
Sample Upper and
Lower Onyx River plots. |
| Jan. 18, 2005 |
Sample Lk Joyce,
Lk Hoare, and Lost Seal Str plots. |
| Jan. 19, 2005 |
No-fly day (plans
postponed 1 day). Sampled Lk Fryxell plot. |
| Jan. 20, 2005 |
Sample Green Cr.,
Lower Delta Stream, and Upper Delta Stream plots. |
| Jan. 21, 2005 |
Survey of Upper
and Lower Onyx River plots, samples returned to McM for processing. |
| Jan. 22, 2005 |
Survey of Lk
Joyce, Lk Bonney, Priscu Str, and Lk Hoare study sites. Also took
samples for soil water at Lk Bonney site. |
| Jan. 23, 2005 |
Data processing at
LF, sample processing at Crary in McM |
| Jan. 24, 2005 |
Packing up LF
camp, sample processing at Crary in McM |
| Jan. 25, 2005 -
Feb. 03, 2005 |
Sample processing
at Crary in MCM, data reduction in McM |
| Jan. 28, 2005 |
Mike G., Jeb,
& Melissa retro to CONUS |
| Feb. 01, 2005 |
Ken retro to NZ |
| Feb. 04, 2005 |
Mike B.
& Lydia retro to CONUS |
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Prominent peak in the Asgard Mountain Range, south side of Wright
Valley.
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