Antarctica

Timeline of Wilkes Station Antarctica

DateEvent
11 Feb 1960 Magga Dan visit
13 Feb 1960 Post Office Open first use of APM1400
14 Feb 1960 Magga Dan arrives for Change Over
19 Feb 1960 Magga Dan departs
13 Nov 1960 Traverse support Traxcavator departs from Wilkes
15 Nov 1960 Main traverse departs Wilkes
29 Nov 1960 Traverse reaches furthest point south, 289km south of S2
6 Dec 1960 Traverse starts return trip after 7 days enforced halt by weather
8 Dec 1960 Traverse arrives back at S2
11 Dec 1960 Traverse arrives back at Wilkes

References

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