Previously: In the middle of August, Mawson's OiC (Officer in charge) gave Syd permission to do another short reconnaissance trip out onto sea ice, this time heading west. Six men were going, this time taking two weasels. They set off on Thursday 9th August, 1956,...
In the second week of August, still fretting over who would be going with him on the Southern Journey, and still waiting for Phil to give permission for that trip to proceed, Bill gave Syd permission to do another short reconnaissance trip out onto sea ice, this time...
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August 1956 Previously at Mawson base Antarctica: August is a difficult month for expeditioners in Antarctica. The long dark winter has created a deep lethargy but the first rays of sun appear over the horizon, and the mood swings each day are quite observable in the...
Previously at Mawson base Antarctica: August is a difficult month for expeditioners in Antarctica. From mid-June, the stations are blighted by gloom but the lowest emotional and physiological ebb is in August for, by then, it has been dark and cold for far too long....
Previously at Mawson base Antarctica: August is a difficult month for expeditioners in Antarctica. From mid-June, the stations are blighted by gloom but the lowest emotional and physiological ebb is in August for, by then, it has been dark and cold for far too long....
1 August 1956 Along with Mrs Mac’s whizzers, the wintering men received a weekly, thirty-minute communication via Radio Australia. Solar flares and ionospheric disturbances ruined the reception most of the year but, on occasions, the bubbly voice of Jocelyn Terry, the...
On the last Sunday of July, the only reminders of the Douglas Islands dog trip were a few scabs and tender feet. The trip had produced extremely painful frostbite but not a lot else to write home about. Peter and Syd spent the last day of July sledging to Bretangen...
