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DUKW going ashore
From an old slide. Everything was taken ashore in the DUKWS (WW2 vintage amphibious vehicles): people, boxes, and hundreds of fuel drums.
26 Jan 1966
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Sea ice sunset
From an old slide, January 1966. Again at sea and passing through open sea ice at sunset.
Meeting of two ships.
From an old slide. It was uncommon for two of the "Dan" ships used by ANARE to be in port together. Here the Lauritzen Line "Thala Dan" and "Nella Dan" are in Vincennes Bay, near the old Wilkes station (some buildings visible on the ridge in the background) in January 1966.
Out across the pack ice
From an old slide. Looking out across the pack ice past the Bell 47 helicopter and Beaver aircraft, in near whiteout conditions.
10 Jan 1966
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Into the pack ice
Scanned from an old slide. Shortly after encountering the icebergs, we found ourselves pushing through pack ice. It was a slow process, involving to-ing and fro-ing as the ship worked to force its way through. In these conditions, the Captain drove the ship from the crows nest visible on the fore mast. Note, far ahead, the tabular bergs looming above the ice.
09 Jan 1966
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From one extreme to another
Copied from an old slide. After we were out of the storm and again travelling south. we found ourselves passing through fog, caused by light winds bringing warm moist air over colder ocean, early in January 1966.
Don't dip your wingtip!
Copied from an old slide. The ship rolled particularly badly one night during the storm. The result was that the Beaver aircraft dipped a wingtip causing this damage: needless to say, it was unserviceable for the trip. Hey, what's that on the horizon?
Putting a tankful in the Tiger
WWII vintage Tiger Moth training aircraft being refuelled. This aircraft was actually based at Temora during the war, when it was a training aerodrome.
Lorikeet portrait
This lorikeet became intrigued by the strange black thing with glass at the front. I thought for a while he was going to peck the front of the lens!
