2005-06 Antarctic Field Season

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Detailed Itinerary:
Date Activity
Nov. 23, 2005 Vesbach, Bobb, Zeglin arrive in Christchurch, NZ
Nov. 24, 2005 Arrival at McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Nov. 30, 2005 Bate and Northcott arrive at McMurdo.
Dec. 1, 2005 Deploy to Lake Fryxell field camp, set up labs, plan for field work.
Dec. 6, 2005 Bate and Northcott to Lake Fryxell camp.
Dec. 7, 2005 Sample Lake Fryxell and Green Creek plots.
Dec. 8, 2005 Sample Lower Delta and Upper Delta plots.
Dec. 9, 2005 Sample Lake Hoare plot.
Dec. 10, 2005 Sample Lake Bonney plot, weather comes in, stuck at Lake Bonney camp.
Dec. 11, 2005 Hike from Lake Bonney to Lake Fryxell, sample Priscu Stream plot along the way.
Dec. 12, 2005 Sample Lost Seal Stream plot.
Dec. 13, 2005 Sample Upper and Lower Onyx River plots.
Dec. 14, 2005 Weather delay, stuck at Lake Fryxell camp.
Dec. 15, 2005 Vesbach to McMurdo.
Dec. 16, 2005 Sample Lake Joyce plot, Bobb back to McMurdo.
Dec. 17-18, 2005 Weather delays, stuck at Lake Fryxell camp.
Dec. 19, 2005 Move from Fryxell, back to McMurdo. Following days are dedicated to lab work and processing samples.
Dec. 23, 2005 Zeglin and Northcott to Green Creek (sample), and to dataloggers at Lake Fryxell, Lake Bonney, and Lake Joyce.
Dec. 30, 2005 Barrett and Gooseff arrive in McMurdo, for the next few days, we stage equipment and plan for our next field campaign
Jan. 3, 2006 Fly to Lake Bonney, via Lake Fryxell, check on dataloggers at both sites
Jan. 4-7, 2006 Kinematic survey of the East Lobe of Lake Bonney wetted zones.
Jan. 4, 2006 Gooseff and Barrett sample Lake Joyce plot.
Jan. 5, 2006 Gooseff and Barrett sample Priscu Stream plot.
Jan. 7, 2006 Move from Lake Bonney to Lake Fryxell camp.
Jan. 8, 2006 Bate, Northcott, Zeglin, and Gooseff hike to Lake Hoare camp to visit with congressional visitors.
Jan. 9, 2006 Assist the LTER stream team with stream tracer injection in Huey Creek.
Jan. 10, 2006 Sample Upper and Lower Onyx River plots
Jan. 11, 2006 Assist the LTER stream team with stream tracer experiment in Huey Creek.
Jan. 12, 2006 Sample Lost Seal Stream and Lake Fryxell plots.
Jan. 13, 2006 Sample Green Creek, Upper Delta, and Lower Delta plots.
Jan. 14, 2006 Camp pull out, go back to McMurdo. Gooseff flies to Vanda gauge on the Onyx R. to meet with distinguished visitors.
Jan. 17, 2006 Northcott retro to NZ.
Jan. 19, 2006 Gooseff retro to NZ.
Jan. 20, 2006 Sample Green Cr.
Jan. 20-23, 2006 Sample processing at Crary in MCM, data reduction in McM
Jan. 24, 2005 Zeglin retro to NZ, CONUS.
Feb. 01, 2005 Barrett and Bate, retro to NZ, CONUS

Prominent peak in the Asgard Mountain Range, south side of Wright Valley.

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