VOYAGE OF MV THALA DAN 1961/62 V2 - Changeover Wilkes
Voyage - 1961/62 V2 - Changeover Wilkes VOYAGE OF MV THALA DAN Expedition Leader: Phillip Garth Law Ship Captain: Hans A J Nielsen Voyage Support: Deputy Voyage Leader: T R Harwood Army DUKWs: 2nd Lieut Ron M Kelly Sgt K L Pledger Sgt D J Evans Lt M J Keane?? Sgt S J Falk?? Sgt W J Smith?? Cpl L H Smith?? RAAF Antarctic Flight: Beaver A95/205 Squadron Leader Norman F Ashworth Commanding Officer: Squadron Leader J R Batchelor Pilot Officer G G Cooper??? Engine/Airframe fitter: Flight Sergeant Alan K Richardson Corporal R or J? Frecker?? Corporal D D Tiller ??? Helicopters: Captain John Stanwix Captain John Arthurson Arthur Chapman Round Trip: Major Harvey Buskirk, USAF, Official US Observer Sydney Lorrimar Kirkby, Surveyor, Division of National mapping Christopher Gregory, Geologist, Bureau of Mineral Resources Commander d'A Thomas Gale, Hydrographer, RAN Raymond Missen, AWS Technician, Bureau of Meteorology Dr Wallace H Campbell, US Physicist, embarked Macquarie Island on homeward leg Itinerary: Arrive Depart Melbourne 18 Dec 61 22 Dec 61 Lewis Island 29 Dec 61 2 Jan 62 Wilkes 10 Jan 62 18 Jan 62 Chick Island ice edge 21 Jan 62 24 Jan 62 Lewis Island 27 Jan 62 28 Jan 62 Commonwealth Bay 31 Jan 62 1 Feb 62 Dumont d'Urville 2 Feb 62 2 Feb 62 Mertz Glacier Tongue 3 Feb 62 6 Frb 62 King George V Land 7 Feb 62 7 Feb 62 Oates Land 11 Feb 62 25 Feb 62 Macquarie Island 2 Mar 62 3 Mar 62 Melbourne 8 Mar 62 This voyage conducted the Wilkes changeover, inspected a site for a new station in the Wilkes area and made the first comprehensive survey of the Wilkes and Oates Land coasts, making it possible to map 480 km of coast and some 52,000 km2 of previously unknown territory. New landings were made at eight places. Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition hut at Cape Denison, Dumont d'Urville and Macquarie Island was also visited. The RAAF Flight photographed 1600 km of poorly mapped coast and unknown inland terrain. Heights of the inland plateau were determined, astrofixes were obtained at seven points and geomagnetic observations were made at eight new sites. Of the 14,500 km travelled, 1300 were in ice. This was one of the most successful and profitable voyages of ANARE exploration to date.
reference "Antarctic Events Database" data of the Australian Antarctic Data Center