1948/49 V2 details

General information

Season

1948/49

Voyage

V2

Ship

LST 3501 (later HMAS Labuan)

Leader

Voyage Leader

Trevor G Heath

Voyage Objectives

Changeover voyage

Comments

This voyage supported the changeover of the MI wintering party. Twenty-one King penguins were collected for Melbourne and Sydney zoos. Work commenced on the seismic hut in Garden Cove opposite the camp. Some Royal penguins from the Nuggets were also captured and loaded on board.

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	19-Mar-1949	Hobart	21-Mar-1949
Hobart	23-Mar-1949	Macquarie Island	27-Mar-1949
Macquarie Island	8-Apr-1949	Melbourne	14-Apr-1949

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

See the 1948/49 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.