1952/53 V1 details

General information

Season

1952/53

Voyage

V1

Ship

Tottan

Leader

Voyage Leader

Jeremiah Donovan

Voyage Objectives

Changeover voyage

Comments

This voyage conducted the Heard Island relief in a six-day operation, visiting Iles Kerguelen on the return passage. Relief operations were interrupted several times by winds up to 154 km/h, and the ship lost an anchor and chain cable. Twelve sheep were released at West Bay.

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	5-Feb-1953	Atlas Cove, Heard Island	21-Feb-1953
Atlas Cove, Heard Island	26-Feb-1953	Iles Kerguelen	28-Feb-1953
Iles Kerguelen	1-Mar-1953	Melbourne	18-Mar-1953

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

See the 1952/53 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.