In February 1954, Australian expeditioners arrived at Horseshoe Harbour to establish Mawson station. No immediate signs of mineral possibilities were reported. Most of the time they had only one plane, salvaged from the wreckage when both machines were storm-damaged. It was the patched up plane that was blown overboard. One of the R.A.A.F pilots who flew the Auster aircraft over the ice said he was “glad to be getting back to jets.”. Forced landings in pack ice, frozen water pipes, and runways cluttered by penguins, were some of the hazards faced by the R.A.A.F. Of these, the most well-known published accounts of the expedition are: GIAEVER, J. $1.32 0 bids + $3.99 shipping . Jun 17, 2015 - Shop from the world's largest selection and best deals for Handstamped Pre-Decimal Used Australian Stamps. 1954 **MUH** - 3.5d BLACK - AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH - CORNER BLOCK of 4. Already got a Trove account. See SCAN (S) for Detail and utilize for your own Opinion on 264659831635 AU $300.00. 'The remaining Auster plane was lashed on deck, but the wind got under it and it simply drifted away in the sea. 3½d black, Australian research expeditions in Antarctica, Australian stamp, ��� The White Desert New York, Dutton & Co., 1954, 256p. During the return voyage one of the expedition’s small aircraft was blown overboard and lost. Members of the Antarctic Research Expedition, Mawson Station, Antarctica, 1954. 36 min. “Not at all romantic for the crew,” he added. Login. "It would have taken weeks to force a way through, but a gale broke up the ice for us. MUH. This list of Antarctic expeditions is a chronological list of expeditions involving Antarctica.Although the existence of a southern continent had been hypothesized as early as the writings of Ptolemy in the 1st century AD, the South Pole was not reached until 1911. Opens image gallery. "Going into Mawson Harbour, we ran into 20 miles of thick sheet ice attached fast to the shore. Sent from Mawson on the date of the opening of the Post Office at the base as part of the 1954 expedition to establish an Australian permanent base in the Antarctic. Stephen Haddelsey is the author of Ice Captain and Shackleton's Dream. Constructing the first buildings. See historic footage of travelling through pack ice. The main base , under Mawson's command, was set up at Cape Denison , about 480 kilometres (300 mi) west of Cape Adare , and a western base under Frank Wild was established on the Shackleton Ice Shelf , more than 2,410 kilometres (1,500 mi) west of Cape Denison. An earlier fear that she had been holed proved to be unfounded. blizzards to establish the Mawson Scientific Station on the Antarctic mainland. Front and back shown. The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 4 Jan 1954, Page 2 - To Antarctica In The Kista Dan. I became interested in the Antarctic and particularly the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) in 2003 after attending a lecture by the late Wing Commander (Ret) John Claydon of the RNZAF on his experiences as Chief Pilot for the New Zealand TAE Support Party led by ��� Bill Harvey, the Scottish carpenter in the 1954 Mawson party, pauses to say hello to the husky pups. Only parts of one of the battered ship's two Auster planes were left. In 1954, an Australian Antarctic expedition battled bad weather and 100 m.p.h. Design by Mrs. Phillip Law (probably wife of Phillip Law), depicts the emblem of the To commemorate the 100th year anniversary of Mawson's voyage to Antarctica, the first Australian Antarctic Expedition, we present this film. Despite heavy pack ice that had her imprisoned at one time for two days, and 100 m.p.h. Men of an Australian National Antarctic research expedition returned to Melbourne yesterday in triumph after defeating ice and hurricanes to set up a new base, named Mawson, on the continent of Antarctica. - A graphic story of the expedition which recently established Australia's first permanent base on the Antarctic Continent, was told by the leader, Mr. Phillip G. Law, when the Danish polar ship Kista Dan, returned to Melbourne today. A deck porthole was cracked by ice slabs. However the only determinations of position made on land were those made by Mawson at Proclamation Island and at ��� Mawson's Expedition to the Antarctic - Australian History, ��� 1952���1954: British North Greenland expedition was a British scientific mission, led by Commander James Simpson 1958 : USS Nautilus passes under the Arctic ice 1959 : Discoverer 1 , a prototype with no camera, is the first satellite in polar orbit [9] 'The ship would charge into the ice, reverse, and charge again. EXPEDITION : LEADER: 1954-55: U.S. Navy Antarctic Reconnaissance Expedition : Glen Jacobsen: 1955: South African Bouvet Island reconnaissance : Paul Dryden-Dymond: 1955-56: Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition I : Peter Mott: 1955-57: Gough Island Scientific Survey : Robert Chambers: 1955-59 The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), Wed 13 Jan 1954, Page 23 - Zero year for Antarctic explorers. See historic footage of packing the ship Kista Dan for the 1954 expedition to Antarctica. The Kista Dan had just been freed from the pressure of the ice, February 1, 1954.Credit:F. Elliott, "At. Mr. Casey paid a tribute to the ship’s captains, Captain Pedersen, for his skill and courage in navigating the Kista Dan through Antarctic ice and gales during its absence from Melbourne of almost three months. The clip features the Kista Dan (1954 expedition) and the Magga Dan (1961 expedition). shipping: + AU $5.00 ... 8d Blue BLOCK of 12 - EXPEDITION TEAM, MOBILE & MAP. AU $6.00. Captain Peterson said the ice barrier had been very bad. south and 62 deg. Mawson research station on the Antarctic mainland, the closest habitation to the South Pole, April 5, 1954. You have corrected this article This article has been corrected by You and other Voluntroves This article has been corrected by Voluntroves $ Close Captcha. We will combine postage where possible to reduce costs. Auroral conditions will make radio communication with Australia impossible for long stretches. On February 13, 1954, the Australian flag was hoisted at Mawson Station. Some of them joined in the voyage to the Antarctic. The crew and Antarctic Division officials last night attended a Melbourne preview of a British film that the ship “starred” in recently. In accordance with pay pal's policy of traceable mail, all invoices over 100.00 will be sent registered to international buyers. ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION STAMPS 1954 GLOBE MACQUARIE 3 FDC POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION. Alan Carroll was base leader at Port Lockroy, Antarctica, from 1954-1957, and is the historic adviser to the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust. Most of the printings (of the Antarctica 1954 Expedition Label) went straight to Seymour Friedlander who owned ZENITH STAMPS in USA and BROADWAY APPROVALS in UK - the two world's largest junior approval firms at the time. "A bitterly cold 30-mile-an-hour wind froze Dover's party by 7 a.m., and they asked if they could go home to their huts. FOR SALE! However, about 80 hours of flying was done by the expedition’s two aircraft, and 300 miles of the Antarctic coastline was photographed from the air. ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION STAMPS 1954 EXPEDITION CARD 2 POSTAL HISTORY. Before leaving the Antarctic mainland, the Kista Dan travelled 200 to 300 miles to Princess Elizabeth Land, to the east, where a party spent three days making tests to correct magnetic information on sailing charts of parts of the Indian Ocean. Image not available. MELBOURNE, Wednesday. The coast and mountains of Mac Robertson Land were first sighted by Australia���s Douglas Mawson from the ship Discovery during the British, Australian, New Zealand 11.30 a.m. we were free. east. The expedition was organised into three bases: one on the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island and two on the Antarctic mainland. The camp site, however, proved to be “as perfect as conditions allowed, with a fiord-type anchorage.” The station was on a rock platform, flanked by a group of islets. The Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) was established to set up scientific research stations in the Antarctic region. Reconnaissances were carried out to the east and west, and landing sorties made in the Mackenzie Sea region. Mawson research station on the Antarctic mainland in 1954.Credit:Antarctic National Research Expedition. From the Archives, 1954: Grim battle to establish Antarctic base. From the Archives, 1954: Grim battle to establish Antarctic station. 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