VOYAGE OF MV MAGGA DAN Voyage - 1959/60 V2 - Changeover Davis &
Wilkes
Voyage - 1959/60 V2 - Changeover Davis & Wilkes
VOYAGE OF MV MAGGA DAN
Expedition Leader: Phillip Garth Law
Ship Captain: Harald Moller Pederson
Voyage Support:
Deputy Voyage Leader: Robert Frederick Martin Dalton
Army DUKWs:
Capt V C Smith??
Lieut Colin K Bryant, RAASCOIC Dukws
Sgt J Allday??
Sgt R K Rundle??
Cpl R Armfield??
Cpl W Stafford??
Air support:
De Havilland aircraft
DH C2 VH-PGL
Wing Commander Richard Cresswell OIC and Pilot of Beaver
G W Clayton (engineer and crew)
Helicopters:
Hiller 12C VH-THB, VH-THC
Captain Ray T Hudson, OIC, TAA Trans Australian Airlines
Captain Peter B Ivanoff, Pilot, TAA Trans Australian Airlines
J V White , Engineer ???
Round Trip:
David Cook, Surveyor
Ian Roderick McLeod, Geologist
Itinerary: Arrive Depart
Melbourne 5 Jan 60
Dumont d'Urville 14 Jan 60 15 Jan 60
Lewis Island 17 Jan 60 19 Jan 60
Davis 30 Jan 60 4 Feb 60
Wilkes 11 Feb 60
Davis Islands Group 13 Feb 60
Wilkes 14 Feb 60 19 Feb 60
Ivanoff Peninsula 19 Feb 60
Davis Islands 19 Feb 60 20 Feb 60
Chick Island
(Henry Islands) 23 Feb 60 25 Feb 60
Lewis Island 28 Feb 60 29 Feb 60
Macquarie Island 5 Mar 60 5 Mar 60
Melbourne 11 Mar 60
Helicopters were used by ANARE for the first time in Antarctica on this
voyage. The hull of Magga Dan was damaged in a backing run on 20 Jan 1960.
One of the aircraft, flown by Captain Peter Ivanoff, crashed on 13
February in strong katabatic winds near Wilkes. A courtesy call was made on
Dumont d'Urville before the ship sailed to Davis and Wilkes to conduct the
station changeovers. Landings were made to conduct short scientific programs
at a number of islands. During the stay at Davis a new surgery was built and
a new method of heating huts using hot water from a heat exchanger working off
the diesel generator exhausts was installed. Aerial photography continued.
reference "Antarctic Events Database" data of the Australian
Antarctic Data Center
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