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In September 1958 glaciologists/geologists Hollin, Cronk, and Robertson, plus mechanic Ommundsen, set out on a 200 mile traverse from Wilkes Station, Antarctica. Wilkes Station was one of seven U.S. research stations built for the International Geophysical Year (IGY), 1957-1958.
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