VOYAGE OF MV KISTA DAN 1956/57 V 2 - Changeover Mawson, estab. Davis
Voyage - 1956/57 V 2 - Changeover Mawson, estab. Davis VOYAGE OF MV KISTA DAN Expedition Leader: Phillip Garth Law Ship Captain: K Hindberg Voyage Support: Deputy Voyage Leader Louis Edward (Lem) Macey Army DUKWs: Lieut K Gallasch OIC Dukws RAASC Lieut D Solomon Dukw Driver Lieut W Gray Dukw Driver RAAF Antarctic Flight: F/Lt I Groves RAAF Antarctic Flight Pilot for Mawson 1958 J G Dyer US Observer, boarded at Vincennes Bay 25 January from USCGS Glacier Round Trip: Itinerary: Arrive Depart Melbourne 11 Dec 56 17 Dec 56 Vestfold Hills area 10 Jan 57 Davis 11 Jan 57 Davis site 12 Jan 57 20 Jan 57 Vincennes Bay 25 Jan 57 25 Jan 57 Mawson 2 Feb 57 17 Feb 57 Davis 20 Feb 57 21 Feb 57 Iles Kerguelen 27 Feb 57 27 Feb 57 Melbourne 12 Mar 57 This 11,560 nautical mile (21,410 km) voyage established Davis station in the Vestfold Hills on 13 January. Kista Dan then made a rendezvous with United States ships Glacier, Arneb and Grenville Victory at the Vincennes Bay ice edge to collect ANARE expeditioners on board and refuel. (Hannan, Wheeler, Johns, Arnel, King, Lee and Nilsson boarded Northwind in Wellington,NZ and boarded Kista Dan in Vincennes Bay 25 Jan 1957). Mawson was relieved and new buildings completed. A field station was established near Taylor Glacier, 100km west of Mawson, and was relieved by air every 6 weeks. Coastal air reconnaissance continued.
reference "Antarctic Events Database" data of the Australian Antarctic Data Center