1911/12 1st Antarctic Voyage details
General information
- Season
- 1911/12
- Voyage
- 1st Antarctic Voyage
Cruise Name
AAE - First antarctic voyage for AAE (Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14)
Ship
©Jonothan Davis Collection. 1913
- Catalogue id
- 10140D6
- Caption
- This photo was taken on November 18th or 19th 1913, just prior the departure of the ship on the 3rd voyage of the AAE to Commonwealth Bay, to collect Douglas ....
- Photographer
- Little, W.J.
Leader
Voyage Leader
John King Davis
Voyage Objectives
Establish base at Commonwealth Bay and the Western party
Comments
On December 11th Macquarie Island was sighted and a base for radio communications established. Ship departed 23rd Dec. They reached a place that Mawson named Commonwealth Bay on January 7th 1912.
Voyage Reports
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Schedule
Skeds not available for this voyage.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.