1947/48 V3 details

General information

Season

1947/48

Voyage

V3

Ship

LST 3501 (later HMAS Labuan)

Leader

Voyage Leader

Lieutenant Commander George M Dixon RANVR

Voyage Objectives

Establishment of MI station

Comments

This was the first Macquarie Island expedition. This voyage established the ANARE station at Buckles Bay, near the site of Mawson's expedition base of 1912-13. Army DUKWs were used to land stores and personnel. Border Leicester sheep and Saanen goats were landed. Six Gentoo penguins, six Rockhopper penguins and three young Elephant seals were collected for Melbourne Zoo.

Voyage Reports

No reports known - if you know of any, please contact the Data Centre and we can add them.

Schedule

From	Depart	To	Arrive
Melbourne	28-Feb-1948	Hobart	2-Mar-1948
Hobart	3-Mar-1948	Macquarie Island	7-Mar-1948
Macquarie Island	25-Mar-1948	Hobart	29-Mar-1948
Hobart	31-Mar-1948	Melbourne	2-Apr-1948

See also List of sitreps - not guaranteed to work as voyage naming conventions are not consistent.

See the 1947/48 Voyage Schedule for other voyages for this season.

Voyage track

Spatial bounds of voyage

No track has been constructed.

Voyage Data and Activities

Voyage activities

There are no data related activities recorded for this voyage.

Weather

There is no weather data for this voyage.

Science Projects

Note - this page lists projects where there has been some requirements logged. This may include requests that are not directly associated with any science performed on the ship.

No Australian Antarctic Science Projects for voyage. See Current and Previous Projects for details on other projects.