VOYAGE OF MV NELLA DAN 63/64 V2 - Wilkes Relief

Voyage - 63/64 V2 - Wilkes Relief
VOYAGE OF MV NELLA DAN
Expedition Leader:  Walter Leonard Jones, Administrative Officer, Antarctic 

Division
Ship Captain:  Hans Christian Petersen

Voyage Support:
Deputy Voyage Leader: Frank A Smith, Senior Technical Officer, Antarctic 
                      Division

Army DUKWs:
Lieut Philip V Dawe, RAASC
Sgt L F McKinnon, RAASC
Cpl E I Palmer
Sgt S H Cheeseman??
Cpl M P Dacey??
Cpl E P Low??

Helicopters:
J Arthurson, Captain
P Hunt, Pilot
A Chapman, Engineer

Round Trip:
Alan Campbell-Drury, Photographic Officer, Antarctic Division
Leo Francis Rothville, Supply Officer, Antarctic Division
Dudley Raymond Twigg, Senior Technical Officer(Radio), Antarctic Division
Norman Linton-Smith, Senior Technical Officer(Field and Clothing), Antarctic 
                Division
Geoffrey Denys Probyn Smith, Senior Technical Officer(Buildings), Antarctic 

Division
F Gunn, Records Officer, Antarctic Division
Anthony David Morphett, Projects Officer, Australian Broadcasting Commission, 
                        ABC
Dr Peter Schwerdtfeger, Glaciologist, University of Melbourne
Dennis Maudslay De Mole, Architect, Department of Works 
Lieut Cdr L Glenny, USCG, US Observer
R T Smith, Plumber selected for Wilkes 1964 returned to Australia on medical 
           advice

Itinerary:   Arrive      Depart	

Melbourne    27 Dec 63    3 Jan 64
Wilkes	     12 or 15? Jan 64   24 or 26? Jan 64
Fremantle    31 Jan 64 or 3 Feb?

This voyage conducted the relief of Wilkes.  Helicopters were used in
unloading and transporting stores, and for triangulation runs for survey in
the Haupt Nunataks area, for a gravity survey at Vanderford Glacier and
forestablishing a field station for gravity research.  The site of the
proposed new station at Wilkes was also examined.
reference "Antarctic Events Database" data of the Australian Antarctic Data Center