tiabunna's photos

Taken during station changeover (see DUKW unloading in background), December 1967. Elephant seals in the foreground.

First send someone in front to get the seals out of the way! From an old Kodachrome slide.

Landing at Macquarie Island, December 1967. From an old Kodachrome slide.

From an old slide, going ashore by DUKW from the "Nella Dan" at Macquarie Island, December 1967

From an old slide. On our return we were constantly accompanied by seabirds - usually albatrosses. This is a Black-browed Albatross. At that point I would dearly love to have had a lens longer than 135mm and faster slide film than 25 ISO!

From an old slide. As we sailed home across the Southern Ocean, this was one of the last icebergs sighted. Unlike our trip southward, we had mainly good weather on our return.

From an old slide. As we sailed out of the harbour at Mawson, a number of us stood on the bridge deck, watching as our home of the past year receded into the distance. Little was said, but the expressions tended to be pensive.

From an old slide. As the "Nella Dan" left the harbour heading North, there still were jobs to be done on the ship, such as checking the Fairchild Hiller FH1100 helicopters. The small orange boat is the "Macpherson Robertson", used by ANARE as a general work boat. Named after the owner of an Australian confectionery company who had been a major sponsor of Antarctic exploration, it was usually referred to as The Lollypop.

From an old slide. From the helicopter the contours of the plateau ice become more visible, as do the flow lines and the areas of crevassing. The coastal ice cliffs are about 30 metres/100 ft high. Our journey inland on the Spring Trip took us approximately in the direction of this photo (though away from the foreground crevassing).