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Survey report for Casey Station, 1981, by the wintering surveyor, GW Petschack.Taken from the survey report:
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During the 1981 changeover period conduct such survey work as is necessary toward the construction of the new Casey station.
After the changeover period survey/navigational support is to be provided for the glaciology program for which the main task is a traverse to be run east from the existing IAGP route at latitude 69 degrees south following the line of the 1980 traverse.
1) Autumn traverse: Re-measurement along the established IAGP route and establishment of outlying fuel stores for later use.
2) Winter traverse(s): Further glaciology work on the existing Law Dome net.
3) Spring/Summer traverse: Re-measurement along the 1980 traverse route set along the 69th parallel, with JMR fixes, strain measurements, core sampling and gravity readings.
Lineage
Progress Code: completedData time period: 1981-01-09 to 1982-02-20
text: westlimit=110.4; southlimit=-66.4; eastlimit=110.6; northlimit=-66.2
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