II\. Expedition Dates

Section II of the Modifications of Activities Planned for 2000-01 lists
the actual dates of significant events occurring\
during this time period.

# Significant Dates of Expeditions

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  [Date]{.underline}   [Activity]{.underline}
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  28 Mar 00            LMG00-3A Acquisition and operation of broadband
                       seismograph\
                       equipment at Chilean bases in the Antarctic Peninsula
                       Region\
                       (Wiens, Visbeck)

  7 Apr 00             NBP00-2 Ocean Bottom Seismometer Refraction Profiling for\
                       Crustal Structure in the Bransfield Strait (Austin)

  25 Apr 00            LMG00-4 Mooring Retrieval. Palmer Station Logistics port\
                       call (Dunbar)

  10 May 00            NBP00-3 Study of sediment dispersal patterns across the
                       Palmer\
                       Deep region of Antarctica (Domack)

  16 May 00            LMG00-5 Multidisciplinary study in the Deception Island
                       caldera\
                       (K. Smith, Scheltema, Chereskin, Sturz)

  5 Jun 00             NBP00-4 Study of the impact and fate of bloom material on
                       the\
                       West Antarctic Shelf seafloor (Smith, DeMaster)

  19 Jun 00            LMG00-6A through LMG00-6D Palmer Station Logistics
                       support.

  1 Jul 00             NBP00-5 Palmer Station hazardous waste pickup for
                       transport to and\
                       disposal in the United States

  19 Jul 00            NBP00-6A Hazardous waste transport and support of "science
                       of\
                       opportunity" Biology & Medicine project (Jeffrey)

  13 Aug 00            NBP re-bid vessel modifications, maintenance period and\
                       seismic/SeaBeam sea trials preparation begins at Port
                       Fourchon,\
                       Louisiana

  15 Aug 00            LMG00-7 Transit to Talcahuano, Chile, and subsequent
                       maintenance\
                       period

  21 Aug 00            First flight to McMurdo Station for Winfly operations

  3 Sep 00             NBP00-6B Charter re-bid Acoustic and SeaBeam trials.
                       Antarctic\
                       Research Vessel Oversight Committee meeting held onboard

  11 Sep 00            Vessel modifications, seismic systems and SeaBeam sea
                       trials\
                       preparation continue

  15 Sep 00            LMG00-8 Palmer Station Opening/Turnover Shuttle #1

  25 Sep 00            NBP00-6C Seismic System and SeaBeam 2112 sea trials

  1 Oct 00             LMG00-8A Palmer Station Opening/Turnover Shuttle #2 Study
                       of\
                       natural product drugs from cold-water marine organisms\
                       (Dietzman)

  03 Oct 00            First C-141 mission to McMurdo Station during Ice Runway
                       period (1 of\
                       23); McMurdo Station commenced summer operations

  05 Oct 00            First C-17 mission to McMurdo Station of the season (1 of
                       5)

  05 Oct 00            Marble Point opens

  5 Oct 00             NBP00-6D Transit to Punta Arenas, Chile

  11 Oct 00            Lake Hoare field camp opens

  12 Oct 00            Lake Fryxell field camp opens

  12 Oct 00            Lake Bonney field camp opens

  17 Oct 00            LMG00-9 Study of the impact and fate of bloom material on
                       the\
                       West Antarctic Shelf seafloor. (C. Smith, DeMaster) Open\
                       Pieter J. Lenie Field Station ("Copacabana").
                       (Trivelpiece)

  21 Oct 00            Pieter J. Lenie Field Station opens

  23 Oct 00            South Pole Station begins summer operations

  27 Oct 00            NBP00-7A UNOLS Ocean Bottom Seismometer Refraction\
                       Profiling for Crustal Structure in the Bransfield Strait
                       (Austin)

  01 Nov 00            Siple Dome opens

  03 Nov 00            Byrd Surface Camp opens

  09 Nov 00            Icestream C opens

  12 Nov 00            LMG00-10 Ongoing time-series study of the water column
                       and\
                       benthic community in and around the Deception Island
                       caldera\
                       region of Antarctica. (K. Smith) Open Cape Shirreff Field
                       Camp\
                       (NOAA)

  13 Nov 00            Darwin Glacier field camp opens

  16 Nov 00            Cape Shirreff Field Camp opens

  19 Nov 00            NBP00-7B Reconstructions of the late Cretaceous and
                       Cenozoic\
                       periods in the southwest Pacific Ocean (Cande)

  2 Dec 00             East Camp at Vostok opens

  03 Dec 00            109^th^ AW brings sixth LC-130 aircraft to McMurdo Station

  8 Dec 00             LMG00-11 Study of global climate change and the
                       evolutionary\
                       ecology of Antarctic mollusks in the late Holocene
                       (Aronson)

  09 Dec 00            Transfer flight operations from sea ice runway to Williams
                       Field\
                       Skiway

  20 Dec 00            NBP00-8 Study of shelf and bottom water formation near
                       East\
                       Antarctic polynyas and glaciers (Fairbanks, Jacobs,
                       Arrigo)

  30 Dec 00            Darwin Glacier field camp closes

  04 Jan 01            LMG01-1 Long-Term Study of the Antarctic Marine Ecosystem:
                       An\
                       Ice-Dominated Environment (LTER)(Fraser, Vernet,
                       Martinson\
                       Quetin, Smith, Karl)

  11 Jan 01            Byrd Surface Camp closes

  24 Jan 01            Lake Fryxell field camp closes

  25 Jan 01            East Camp at Vostock closes

  25 Jan 01            *M/V LAWRENCE H. GIANELLA* (tanker) moored at McMurdo\
                       Station ice pier and commences station refueling
                       operations

  27 Jan 01            Refueling operations completed; *GIANELLA* departs McMurdo
                       Station

  27 Jan 01            Siple Dome field camp closes

  27-28 Jan 01         *USCGC POLAR SEA* refuels Marble Point

  29 Jan 01            NBP01-1 Study of Quaternary glacial history and
                       paleoenvironments\
                       of the East Antarctic Margin by GO-074-O. OO-278-O
                       studied\
                       particulate organic carbon production and export in the
                       Indian\
                       Sector of the Southern Ocean. (Leventer, Pilskaln)

  30 Jan 01            Lake Bonney field camp closes

  31 Jan 01            First C-141 mission to McMurdo Station for redeployment (1
                       of 11)

  02 Feb 01            LMG01-1A United States State Department Antarctic Treaty\
                       Inspection. Palmer Station Logistics port call

                       

                       

                       

  05 Feb 01            Icestream C closes

  9 Feb 01             *M/V GREEN WAVE* arrives McMurdo Station ice pier; cargo
                       offload\
                       operations commence

  10 Feb 01            Marble Point closes

  10 Feb 01            Lake Hoare field camp closes

  15 Feb 00            *M/V GREEN WAVE* departs McMurdo Station ice pier; cargo\
                       operations completed

  16 Feb 01            *M/V ARCHANGELGRACHT* arrives McMurdo Station ice pier;
                       cargo\
                       offload operations commence

  18 Feb 01            *M/V ARCHANGELGRACHT* departs McMurdo Station ice pier;
                       cargo\
                       operations completed

  19 Feb 01            *USCG POLAR SEA* completes McMurdo operations

  20 Feb 01            LMG01-2 Study of the impact and fate of bloom material on
                       the\
                       West Antarctic Shelf seafloor.(C. Smith, DeMaster)

  22 Feb 01            Final C-141 turnaround mission at McMurdo Station

  23 Feb 01            109th AW departs McMurdo Station

  23 Feb 01            McMurdo Station commences winter-over operations

  28 Feb 01            Cape Shirreff Field Camp closes

  01 Mar 01            Pieter J. Lenie Field Station (\"Copacabana\") closes

  18 Mar 01            LMG01-3 Southern Ocean Global Ecosystem (SO GLOBEC)
                       multi-\
                       year, multi-vessel project begins on the *R/V LAURENCE M.
                       GOULD*\
                       (Beardsley) King George Island Camp Opening (Hall)

  21 Apr 01            Two Twin Otter aircraft operated by Ken Borek Air Ltd.
                       departed\
                       Punta Arenas, Chile, and arrived at Rothera Station,
                       Antarctica, on\
                       the first leg of a flight to effect a medical evacuation
                       from South\
                       Pole Station

  24 Apr 01            One Twin Otter aircraft departed Rothera Station and
                       arrived at\
                       South Pole Station

                       

                       

                       

  24 Apr 01            A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 left Christchurch, NZ
                       for\
                       McMurdo Station to effect a medical evacuation

  25 Apr 01            The Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 returned to
                       Christchurch, NZ\
                       from McMurdo Station carrying eleven passengers redeployed
                       for\
                       medical/personal reasons

  25 Apr 01            The Twin Otter aircraft departed South Pole Station and
                       arrived at\
                       Rothera Station carrying one passenger redeployed for
                       medical reasons
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1.  LMG = *R/V LAURENCE M. GOULD\
    *NBP *= R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER*