Antarctica

Timeline of Wilkes Station Antarctica

DateEvent
18 Jan 1965 Post Office open
19 Jan 1965 Thala Dan can't get into Wilkes due to ice. Continued on to Davis
28 Jan 1965 Thala Dan arrives for relief voyage
28 Jan 1965 Started offloading and started surveys for Repstat construction.
29 Jan 1965 Started Repstat construction
4 Feb to 6 Feb 1965 Field trip by McLaren and Morgan (Wilkes '64 glaciologist) to S-2 to examine ANARE drill
11 Feb 1965 Thala Dan departs
8 Mar to 27 Apr 1965 Autumn glaciological/geological field trip with J. Lanyon; K Shennan; G Allen; W Demech; M Forecast and A McLaren. To establish existing stake positions and both ice and bedrock surface profiles.
14 May to 19 May 1965 Glaciological field trip to Haupt Nunatak with K Hicks; R Wiggins; M Hader and A McLaren
26 May to 19 Jun 1965 Glaciological/geophysical field trip to S-2 with A McLaren; G Allen; K Bennet and M Glenny
10 Aug to 29 Aug 1965 Dog team survey to Browning Peninsula with A McLaren; T Warriner; B Holmes and P Gibson
1 Oct to 15 Nov 1965 Geological spring field trip with J Lanyon; G Allen; K Shennan and others
1 Dec 1965 to 13 Jan 1965 Glaciological summer field trip with A McLaren; B Ryder; R Wiggins; M Forecast; M Bayley and S Harvey.

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