GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



of Base H on Signy Island was begun March 10, 

 1947, to replace Base C. Weather station at Base 

 H staffed by four men. Signy Island was surveyed 

 and ice conditions were recorded. 



1947-48. Chilean expedition. 

 Leader: E. G. Navarrete. Ships: Covadonga, Ran- 

 cagua and Presidente Pinto. 



Summary: Sponsored by Chilean government. A 

 base at Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island, was vis- 

 ited in December 1947, and a second base erected at 

 Cape Legoupil on Palmer Peninsula. Party of 

 government officials, including President Gonzalez 

 Videla, visited in the Presidente Pinto in February. 

 Wintering parties were stationed at both bases. 



1947-55. Australian National Antarctic Research 

 Expedition. 



Leaders: Group-Captain Stuart A. Campbell, suc- 

 ceeded by Phillip G. Law. Ships: Wyatt Earp 

 (1947-48), Labuan (1949-51), Tottan (1952-53), 

 KistaDan (1954-55). 



Summary: Sponsored by the Antarctic Division, 

 Australian Department of External Affairs. A 14 

 man winter party under A. V. Gottly landed on 

 Heard Island in December 1947, making observa- 

 tions in meteorology, cosmic rays, geology, biology 

 and geophysics. Topographic survey of the island 

 was undertaken. After return for repairs the 

 Wyatt Earp left Melbourne for the Antarctic in 

 February 1948, but was prevented from reaching 

 Commonwealth Bay on George V Coast by heavy 

 ice. The ship cruised eastward to the Balleny Is- 

 lands, landing on Borrodaile Island. A running 

 survey was made of Young, Buckle, Borrodaile, 

 Sabrina and Row Islands. Second attempt was 

 made to reach George V Coast early in March, but 

 aerial reconnaissance showed unfavorable ice con- 

 ditions and the ship withdrew on the 14th. Relief 

 of Heard Island personnel carried out by the La- 

 buan in January 1949. Scientific program was 

 continued by 11 man party under R. W. Allison. 

 This group was in turn relieved by a 14 man party 

 under J. W. P. McCarthy in January 1950. Heavy 

 storm damage forced retirement of the Labuan 

 from service in 1951 after a 14 man relief party 

 under F. T. Hannan was established on the island. 

 Meteorological, geophysical and biological observa- 

 tions were continued by a 14 man party under L. F. 

 Gibbney which accompanied the Tottan in Febru- 

 ary 1952. Routine observations were continued by 

 a 13 man party under John M. Bechervaise, upon 

 return of the Tottan in February 1953. This party 

 was in turn relieved by a 9 man party under Dr. 

 G. Budd which accompanied the Kista Dan in 

 January 1954. Collecting supplies at the Ker- 

 guelen Islands, the Kista Dan continued south- 

 ward to Mac-Robertson Coast and landed on Feb- 

 ruary 13 in a protected cove indenting the main- 

 land in 67°36'S., 62°53'E., as previously selected 



from United States Navy Operation High jump 

 aerial photographs as the base site for "Mawson 

 station." After the 10 man wintering party under 

 Robert G. Dovers was established, the Kista Dan 

 headed eastward, making solar and magnetic ob- 

 servations close off Scullin Monolith and at "Mag- 

 netic Islet" in Prydz Bay. The ship retired north- 

 ward to Heard Island to collect the 1953 wintering 

 party, and reached Melbourne in late March. Sci- 

 entific work at the Heard Island station ceased on 

 October 31 and the base was dismantled in early 

 1955, except for living quarters and emergency 

 supplies. Observations in meteorology, geology, 

 glaciology, cosmic rays, seismology, ionospherical 

 physics and geophysics were undertaken at "Maw- 

 son station." Three major journeys, with empha- 

 sis on topographic and geologic investigations, 

 were completed by tractor parties. One extended 

 about 160 miles westward to the head of Edward 

 VIII Bay. The second extended about 130 miles 

 southeastward to a prominent group of interior 

 mountains sighted by Operation Highjump per- 

 sonnel in March 1947 which lie south of the eastern 

 end of Lars Christensen Coast. The third journey 

 extended about 100 miles eastward to Scullin 

 Monolith. Combined sea and land operations per- 

 mitted solar observations to be completed at 13 

 localities between 57°05'E. and 77°54'E. Relief of 

 the 1954 mainland wintering party by a 15 man 

 party under JOhri M. Bechervaise was completed in 

 February 1955, and scientific observations were 

 continued in the general base area. 



1948-49. Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. 

 Leader: V. E. Fuchs. Ships: John Biscoe, Snipe 

 and Fitzroy. 



Summary: Sponsored by the British Colonial Of- 

 fice. Base A, Port Lockroy was re-opened in Feb- 

 ruary 1948 with a five man staff for geophysical 

 observations. Base B, Deception Island, continued 

 as a weather station with four men. Base D, Hope 

 Bay, was relieved in March 1948, and staffed with 

 seven men. Six sledge journeys made from Hope 

 Bay to study geology and complete survey of Louis 

 Philippe Peninsula. Base D was destroyed by fire 

 which killed two men and was evacuated on Febru- 

 ary 4, 1949. Base E, Stonington Island, was staffed 

 with 11 men to run weather station and carry out 

 topographical and geological surveys. A depot was 

 laid at northeast end of Alexander I Island. Find- 

 ing no practical route over or around the north end 

 of Alexander I Island, a party sledged southward 

 in George VI Sound to 71°35'S. Square Bay and 

 southeast side of Adelaide Island were surveyed. 

 Base F, Argentine Islands, was staffed by four men 

 who continued a program of weather observation, 

 dog breeding, and stocking seal meat for other 

 bases. At Base G, Admiralty Bay, four men op- 

 erated weather station and began geological sur- 



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