1956/57 V2 details

General information

Season

1956/57

Voyage

V2

Ship

Kista Dan

Leader

Voyage Leader

Phillip Garth Law

Deputy Voyage Leader

Louis Edward (Lem) Macey

Voyage Objectives

Changeover Mawson, estab. Davis

Comments

This 11,560 nautical mile (21,410 km) voyage established Vestfold Hills on 13 Jan 1957. Kista Dan then made a rendezvous with US ships Glacier, Arneb and Grenville Victory or Arneb? at the Vincennes Bay ice edge to collect ANARE expeditioners on board and refuel. (Hannan, Wheeler, Johns, Arnel, King, Lee and Nilsson boarded Northwind in Wellington, NZ and boarded Kista Dan in Vincennes Bay 25 Jan 1957). Mawson was relieved and new buildings completed. A field station was established near Taylor Glacier, 100km west of Mawson, and was relieved by air every 6 weeks. Coastal air reconnaissance continued.

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	17-Dec-1956	Davis	12-Jan-1957
Davis	20-Jan-1957	Mawson	2-Feb-1957
Mawson	17-Feb-1957	Davis	20-Feb-1957
Davis	21-Feb-1957	Iles Kerguelen	27-Feb-1957
Iles Kerguelen	27-Feb-1957	Melbourne	12-Mar-1957

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

See the 1956/57 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.