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VOYAGE OF MV NELLA DAN 67/68 V2 - Station established at Amery Ice Shelf

Voyage - 67/68 V2 - Station established at Amery Ice Shelf
VOYAGE OF MV NELLA DAN
Voyage Leader: Donald Franklin Styles, Director, Antarctic Division
Ship Captain: Bent Thygesen Hansen

Voyage Support:
Deputy Voyage Leader: Eric Leslie Macklin, Supply Officer, Antarctic Division

Army DUKW crew:
Captain Robert (Bob) T Colson, RAASC/RACT
Sgt John S Lamrock
Pte R L Jarvis
Lt R A Unger
Lcpl J F Ford
Lcpl R B Wherrett

Controller of Air Operations: Group Captain Robert Frederick Martin Dalton, 
Aviation Officer, Antarctic Division
Helicopter Group:
G B Treatt, Pilot-in-charge
J Palmer, Pilot
R Hamilton, Pilot
H Hendry, Engineer
G Douglas, Engineer

Round Trip: 
Alan Robertson Gilchrist, Medical Officer, Antarctic Division
Lieut/Cdr J A Yeager, USCG, US Observer

Itinerary:              Arrive       Depart

Melbourne               31 Dec 67     5 Jan 68
Wilkes Ice Edge         15 Jan 68    15 Jan 68
Amery Ice Shelf area    23 Jan 68    10 Feb 68
Mawson                  12 Feb 68    21 Feb 68
Amery Ice Shelf area    23 Feb 68    28 Feb 68
Davis                   29 Feb 68    29 Feb 68
Repstat                  7 Mar 68    10 Mar 68
Hobart                  19 Mar 68

A topographical survey of the eastern side of the Amery Ice Shelf was 
conducted from Nella Dan. A field station was established at the Amery Ice 
Shelf in February 1968 (occupied to February 1969)

reference "Antarctic Events Database" data of the Australian Antarctic Data Center

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