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