 Monitoring of climatic conditions continued, with an emphasis on the impact of Foehn winds on glacier mass balance.Based on the findings of that expedition, the rate of loss of glacier ice on Heard Island appears to be accelerating.Between 2000 and 2003, repeat GPS surface surveys revealed that the rate of loss of ice in both the ablation zone and the accumulation zone of Brown Glacier was more than double average rate measured from 1947 to 2003.