I helped teach a second year field camp looking at a folded and faulted basin and the underlying igneous and metamorphic rocks in, and near, Fiordland. Weather started solid for first two days before spawning snow, rain and horizontal blizzardy sleetiness. At one point we were caught exposed on the beach by horizontal driving sleet for a long 15 minutes; students huddled together like penguins, all facing downwind. Students were less than engaged when the weather was roaring but in all it was a good trip. Exhausting, but enjoyable. The trip was largely a geologic tour encompassing road cuts, river sections, alpine exposures and beach outcrops. We got to see the Green Lake landslide, the largest in the world at 26 cubic kilometers, which was rightfully impressive. Similarly impressive, one of the professors often known for his tangents, managed to lecture students on the proper ways to formulate successful treaty agreements while looking at pillow breccias.
Above: Deep geological discussion with intense southerly storm t minus 10 minutes away.
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| Pillow basalt (seal for scale) |
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