tiabunna's photos

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).

From an old slide. I was fortunate to have a trip over Mawson in one of the helicopters carried by the Nella Dan. This is taken roughly toward north, with the station area in the lower right on the shores of Horseshoe Harbour. The dotted lines on the snow at lower left are the doglines.

From an old slide. I was fortunate to take a trip in one of the Fairchild Hiller FH1100 helicopters that the Nella Dan was carrying. This is the coast to the east of Mawson, with the second helicopter alongside.

From an old slide. Mawson was one of the last major Australian observing stations to receive a wind-finding radar. This is a WF2 with a range of about 200km, being installed in its protective radome in February 1967.

From an old slide. A new generator for arrives for the power station. Large heavy items were rafted ashore on two rubber pontoons fitted with bridging timbers.

From an old slide. The old meteorological office had been converted to the Met store room: here with the year's supply of stores yet to be packed away. The sign says "No standing any time, Taxis excepted".