| Date | Event |
| 1 Jan 1957 | IGY Starts |
| 25 Jan 1957 | Kista Dan visits Vincennes Bay |
| 29 Jan 1957 | USS Glacier arrives at Windmill Islands |
| 30 Jan 1957 | USS Glacier escorts USS Arneb and Greenville Victory to Windmill Islands |
| 1 Feb 1957 | Sledge dogs brought ashore from Greenville Victory by John Molholm [4] |
| 3 Feb 1957 | Construction of main "Clements huts" started [4] |
| 8 Feb 1957 | Short exploration trip onto the plateau goes 25 miles east and returns the next day. New trail named "Sullivan Trail" [4 pg 68] |
| 11 Feb 1957 | Initial contruction of living quarters, mess hall, and general science building completed [4] |
| 14 Feb 1957 | Crew moves into living quarters [4] |
| 15 Feb 1957 | Major construction completed [4] |
| 16 Feb 1957 | Official commissioning of Wilkes Station |
| 16 Feb 1957 | Mail cancelled on Arneb |
| 16 Feb 1957 | USS Glacier, Arnebi, and Greenville Victory depart |
| 22 Feb 1957 | Meteorological shelter set up at Site 1 (S1) 10km from Wilkes by Cameron, Loken, and Molholm |
| 27 Feb 1957 | Trip to Haupt Nunatak for X days by Cameron, Loken, and Molholm. Cane line on Vanderford Glacier established. |
| 11 Mar 1957 | Operation Crampon sets out from Wilkes to establish location for S2. Cameron, Loken, Molholm, Eklund, Honkala, and Noonan. Jamesway at S2 set up 85km from Wilkes. |
| 11 Apr 1957 | Trip to Haupt Nunatak by Cameron, Dewart, and Long to measure cane line on Vanderford Glacier. |
