| Summary: | Title devised by cataloguer based on label on verso.; Part of the Australian Information Service collection.; "A view of the station at Mawson, grouped around the radio mast which, when Kista Dan departs, is the only contact with the outside world. During the 1955 changeover, a second radio mast, brought from Heard Island, was created. Australian Official Photograph by George Lowe."--Printed on label on verso.; "Between December and March each year, at the height of the brief Antarctic summer, the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition relief ship Kista Dan visits the three Australian Antarctic Scientific Research stations on Heard and Macquarie Island and at Mawson on the Antarctic mainland. On February 9 this year she pulled into the tiny harbour at Mawson. During the next three weeks she offloaded 450 tons of stores, and the men of the old and new parties completed an extensive building programme which more than doubled the number of buildings on the station."--Printed on label on verso.; Condition: Buckled.; "L18565"--From label on verso.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn6001491; Donated by Mrs Julie Carver, 2012.
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