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Annual SCAR Report on
National Antarctic Scientific Activities 2000 - 2001
and Planned New Programmes

New Zealand 1st July 2000 to 30th June 2001

Member Country:		New Zealand
National SCAR Committee
Title	Royal Society Committee on Antarctic Science
Address	Royal Society of New Zealand PO Box 598 WELLINGTON

			Name	Address
	Chairman/President		Dr F J Davey	GNS, PO Box 30-368, Lower Hutt
	Secretary		Mr E Davis	Royal Society of New Zealand, PO Box 598, Wellington

Representatives:
	to SCAR
	Permanent Delegate	Dr F J Davey	GNS, PO Box 30-368, Lower Hutt
	Alternate Delegate	Dr C Howard-Williams	NIWA, PO Box 8602, Christchurch

	to SCAR Working Groups
	Biology	Dr C Howard-Williams	NIWA, PO Box 8602, Christchurch
	Geodesy and Geographic Information	T Bevin	Land Information New Zealand, PO Box 5501, Wellington
	Geology	Prof P Barrett	Victoria University, PO Box 600, Wellington
	Glaciology	Dr W Lawson	University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
	Human Biology and Medicine	Dr G D Steel	Lincoln University, PO Box 94, Canterbury
	Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere	Dr T Clarkson	NIWA, PO Box 14-901, Wellington
	Solar-Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research	Dr G Fraser	University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
	Solid Earth Geophysics	Dr F J Davey	GNS, PO Box 30-368, Lower Hutt

National Operating Agency
Title	Antarctica New Zealand
Address	Private Bag 4745 Christchurch NEW ZEALAND

		Name	Address
	Chief Executive	Gillian Wratt	Antarctica New Zealand, Private Bag 4745, Christchurch
	COMNAP Representative	Gillian Wratt	Antarctica New Zealand, Private Bag 4745, Christchurch
	SCALOP Representative	Julian Tangaere	Antarctica New Zealand, Private Bag 4745, Christchurch

Wintering Stations
Name	Location	Coordinates
Scott Base	Ross Island	77°55'03"S, 166°45'45"E

Summer-only Stations
Name	Location	Coordinates
Cape Bird	Ross Island	77°14'S, 166°28'E

Automatic Recording Stations/Observatories
Name/Identifier	Coordinates	Parameters Recorded
Arrival Heights	77°49', 166°39'E	Meteorology, ionospheric physics, trace gases, ozone

Scott Base	77°55'03"S, 166°45'"E	Seismicity, Geomagnetic

New Zealand National Programmes/Projects by Working Group 2000/2001

Biology
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
Fish	Circulatory physiology	McMurdo Sound	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr Bill Davison	11
Fish	Antarctic fish biology	McMurdo Sound	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr John Macdonald	25
Mosses	Genetic variation	Cape Hallett	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr Allan Green	18
Plant Life	Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity	McMurdo Sound	2000 to 2002 (S)	Prof Roberta Farrell	13
Hydrocarbons	Biodegradation	McMurdo Sound	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr Jackie Aislabie	1
Aquatic ecosystems	Ecology physiology	McMurdo Sound	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr Ian Hawes	22
Penguins	Molecular ecology	McMurdo Sound	2000 to 2002 (S)	Prof David Lambert	24
Penguins	Population dynamics	McMurdo Sound	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr Peter Wilson	34
Weddell Seals	Mating systems	McMurdo Sound	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr Joseph Waas	33
UV Effects	Sea ice algae	McMurdo Sound	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr Ken Ryan	30
Mosses	Genetics	Cape Crozier	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr Chrissen Gemmill	17
Fish	Evolutionary adaptation	Scott Base	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr Craig Marshall	26
Invertebrates	Biodiversity	McMurdo Sound	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr Ian Hogg	23

Geodesy and Geographic Information
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
No projects.

Geosciences
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
Glacial erosion	Dating	Allan Hills	2000 to 2002 (S)	Prof Peter Barrett	3
Sedimentary basins	Seismic	McMurdo Sound	2000 to 2002	Dr Fred Davey	10
Magmatic evolution	Mapping and analysing	McMurdo Sound	2000 to 2002 (S)	Assoc Prof Alan Cooper	8
Glacial evolution	Holocene glacial dating	Northern Victoria Land	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr Paul Augustinus	2
Seismicity and Geomagnetism	Observatory recordings	Scott Base	2000 to 2002	Dr Fred Davey	10
Shallow coring	Holocene climate history	Allan Hills	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr Warren Dickinson	12
Ice coring	Holocene climate history	Victoria Glacier	2000 to 2002 (S)	Ms Nancy Bertler	4

Glaciology
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
Glaciotectonic Structures	Origin and preservation	Taylor Valley	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr Sean Fitzsimons	14
Basement Geology	Paleozoic terrain correlation	Reilly Ridge NVL	2000 to 2002 (S)	Prof John Bradshaw	5
Soil	Geophysical response to contaminants	Scott Base	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr David Nobes	29

Human Biology and Medicine
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
Psychology	Cold expectations	Scott Base	2000 to 2002 (S)	Dr Gary Steel	32

Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
Trace Gases	Air Sampling	New Zealand McMurdo Sound	1997 to 2004	Dr Gordon Brailsford	6
Ozone	Observation	Scott Base/Arrival Heights	1997 to 2004	Dr Stephen Wood	35
Meteorology	Observations	Scott Base	1997 to 2004	Dr Andrew Harper	20
Sea Ice	Break-up processes	McMurdo Sound	1996 to 2002 (S)	Dr Tim Haskell	21
Air Pollution	Aircraft particulates	McMurdo Sound	1999 to 2002 (S)	Dr David Shooter	31

Solar Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
Mesosphere	Ionisation and dynamics	Scott Base	2000 to 2002	Dr Graham Fraser	16
Geomagnetic pulsations	Propagation	Arrival Heights	2000 to 2002	Assoc. Prof Brian Fraser	15

(S) = summer project only

New Zealand Planned New Programmes/Projects by Working Group

Biology
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
Terrestrial Biodiversity	DNA Diversity in Antarctic Biotopes	McMurdo Sound and Dry Valleys	2001 to 2002 (S)	Prof Roy Daniel	9
Plant-soil systems	Natural Subsidies in Antarctic Soils	Dry Valleys	2001 to 2002 (S)	Dr Laurie Greenfield	19
Marine Biodiversity	Human Impacts and the Ecology of Antarctic Sponges	New Harbour and Cape Evans	2001 to 2002 (S)	Prof Murray Munro	27
Penguins	Stress Response in Adelie Penguins	Cape Bird	2001 to 2002	Dr John Cockrem	7

Geodesy and Geographic Information
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
Sea level monitoring	Tide gauge and GPS Operation	Cape Roberts	Ongoing	G Blick and USGS	36
Crustal Deformation	Trans Antarctic Mountain Deformation Monitoring	Transactartic mountains	Ongoing	USGS and G Blick	36
Geodetic Datum	Establishment and extension of Datum	Ross Sea Region	Ongoing	G Blick	36
Spatial Infrastructure	Mapping, Charting and Geodetic Programme	Ross Sea Region	Ongoing	T Bevin and J Spittal with NZAI	37/38
Hydrography	Hydrographic Charting	Northern Ross Sea	Ongoing	J Spittal	38
Mapping	Topographic mapping	Ross Island	Ongoing	J Spittal	38

Geosciences
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
Seismic Survey	Seismic and Reconnaissance Survey for Stratigraphic Drill Sites	New Harbour and Windless Bight	2001 to 2002	Dr Tim Naish	28

Glaciology
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
No new projects.

Human Biology and Medicine
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
No new projects.

Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
No new projects.

Solar Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
No new projects.

(S) = summer project only

New Zealand Contact Addresses, Telephone, Facsimile and E-mail numbers

Ref			Ref
1.	Dr Jackie Aislabie Landcare Research NZ Ltd P O Box 3127 HAMILTON E-mail: aislabiej@landcare.cri.nz		2.	Dr Paul Augustinus Department of Geography Geology Department University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 AUCKLAND E-mail: p.augustinus@auckland.ac.nz

3.	Prof Peter Barrett Antarctic Research Centre Victoria University of Wellington PO Box 600 WELLINGTON E-mail: p.barrett@vuw.ac.nz		4.	Ms Nancy Bertler Victoria University of Wellington School of Earth Sciences PO Box 600 WELLINGTON Ph: (04) 495 5233 ext 8391 Fax: (04) 495 5186 E-mail: nancy.bertler@vuw.ac.nz

5.	Dr John Bradshaw University of Canterbury Department of Geology Private Bag 4800 CHRISTCHURCH Tel. 03-366 7001 x 7779 Fax 03-364 2769 E-mail: j.bradshaw@geol.canterbury.ac.nz		6.	Dr Gordon Brailsford National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research P O Box 14 901 Kilbirnie WELLINGTON E-mail: g.brailsford@niwa.cri.nz

7.	Dr John Cockrem Massey University Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences PALMERSTON NORTH Ph: (06) 350-4483 Fax: (06) 350-5636 E-mail: j.f.cockrem@massey.ac.nz		8.	Assoc Prof Alan Cooper Department of Geology University of Otago P O Box 56 DUNEDIN E-mail: alan.cooper@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

9.	Prof Roy Daniel Waikato University Biological Sciences PO Box 3105 HAMILTON Phone: (07) 838-4022 FAX: (07) 838-4324 Email: daniel@waikato.ac.nz		10.	Dr Fred Davey Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences P O Box 30368 LOWER HUTT E-mail: fred.davey@gns.cri.nz

11.	Dr Bill Davison Department of Zoology University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800 CHRISTCHURCH E-mail: w.davison@zool.canterbury.ac.nz		12.	Dr Warren Dickinson Victoria University of Wellington Department of Geology PO Box 600 WELLINGTON Fax (04) 463 5186

13.	Prof Roberta Farrell Department of Biology University of Waikato Private Bag 3105 HAMILTON E-mail: r.farrell@waikato.ac.nz		14.	Dr Sean Fitzsimons Department of Geography University of Otago P O Box 56 DUNEDIN E-mail: sjf@perth.otago.ac.nz

15.	Assoc Prof Brian Fraser Physics Department University of Newcastle NSW 2308 AUSTRALIA E-mail: phbjf@cc.newcastle.edu.au		16.	Dr Graham Fraser University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy Private Bag 48000 CHRISTCHURCH Ph: (03) 364 2987 ext 7588 Fax: (03) 364 2469 E-mail: g.fraser@phys.canterbury.ac.nz

17.	Dr Chrissen Gemmill University of Waikato Department of Biological Sciences Private Bag 3105 HAMILTON		18.	Dr Allan Green Department of Biological Sciences University of Waikato Private Bag 3105 HAMILTON E-mail: GreenTGA@Waikato.ac.nz

19.	Dr Laurie Greenfield University of Canterbury Plant and Microbial Sciences Private Bag 4800 CHRISTCHURCH Ph: (03) 364-2797 Fax: (03) 364-2083 Email: l.greenfield@botn.canterbury.ac.nz		20.	Dr Andrew Harper National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research P O Box 14 901 Kilbirnie WELLINGTON E-mail: a.harper@niwa.cri.nz

21.	Dr Tim Haskell Industrial Research P O Box 31 310 LOWER HUTT E-mail: t.haskell@irl.cri.nz		22.	Dr Ian Hawes National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research P O Box 8602 CHRISTCHURCH E-mail: i.hawes@niwa.cri.nz

23.	Dr Ian Hogg University of Waikato Department of Biological Sciences Private Bag 3105 HAMILTON Ph: (07) 838 4225 Fax: (07) 838 4324 E-mail: hogg@waikato.ac.nz		24.	Prof David Lambert Department of Ecology Massey University Private Bag 11 222 PALMERSTON NORTH E-mail: d.m.lambert@massey.ac.nz

25.	Dr John Macdonald Department of Experimental Biology School of Biological Sciences University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 AUCKLAND E-mail: ja.macdonald@auckland.ac.nz		26.	Dr Craig Marshall University of Otago Department of Biochemistry PO Box 56 DUNEDIN Ph: (03) 479 7570 Fax: (03) 479 7866 E-mail: craigm@cluther.otago.ac.nz

27.	Prof Murray Munro University of Canterbury Department of Chemistry Private Bag 4800 CHRISTCHURCH Ph: (03) 364-1434 Fax: (03) 364-2110 E-mail: m.munto@chem.canterbury.ac.nz		28.	Dr Tim Naish Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences PO Box 30368 LOWER HUTT Ph: (04) 570-4767 Fax: (04) 570-4603 E-mail: t.naish@gns.cri.nz

29.	Dr David Nobes University of Canterbury Department of Geological Sciences Private Bag 4800 CHRISTCHURCH Ph: (03) 366 7001		30.	Dr Ken Ryan Industrial Research Ltd P O Box 31 310 LOWER HUTT E-mail: k.ryan@irl.cri.nz

31.	Dr David Shooter University of Auckland School of Environmental and Marine Sciences Tamaki Campus Private Bag 92 019 AUCKLAND		32.	Dr Gary Steel Human & Leisure Sciences Department Parks, Recreation & Tourism P O Box 84 Lincoln University CANTERBURY E-mail: steelg@lincoln.ac.nz

33.	Dr Joseph Waas Department of Biology Sciences University of Waikato Private Bag 3105 HAMILTON E-mail: j.waas@waikato.ac.nz		34.	Dr Peter Wilson Landcare Research NZ Ltd Private Bag 6 NELSON E-mail: wilsonpr@landcare.cri.nz

35.	Dr Stephen Wood National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Private Bag 50061 Omakau CENTRAL OTAGO E-mail: s.wood@niwa.cri.nz		36.	Mr G. H Blick Office of the Surveyor General Land Information New Zealand PO Box 5501 WELLINGTON E-mail: Gblick@linz.govt.nz

37.	Mr A J Bevin Surveyor General Land Information New Zealand PO Box 5501 WELLINGTON E-mail: Tbevin@linz.govt.nz		38.	Mr J A Spittal Chief Topographer/Hydrographer Land Information New Zealand PO Box 5501 WELLINGTON E-mail: Jspittal@linz.govt.nz