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In the summer of 1947-48 Australia's first Antarctic exploration since the Mawson voyages of 1929-31 was undertaken in a small, old, decrepit wooden ship.
This was HMAS "Wyatt Earp" which had been reconditioned by the Royal Australian Navy for the journey, as a result of the Australian government's initiative to consolidate its claim to Antarctic territory.
The voyage was fraught with obstacles and hazards of all kinds, including a breakdown halfway to Antarctica, but, nevertheless, the expedition accomplished a running survey of the glaciated and little-known Balleny Islands, and called at Macquarie Island on the voyage back to Australia.
Author: Phillip Law
Hardback: 152 pages
SKU:P0239
This was HMAS "Wyatt Earp" which had been reconditioned by the Royal Australian Navy for the journey, as a result of the Australian government's initiative to consolidate its claim to Antarctic territory.
The voyage was fraught with obstacles and hazards of all kinds, including a breakdown halfway to Antarctica, but, nevertheless, the expedition accomplished a running survey of the glaciated and little-known Balleny Islands, and called at Macquarie Island on the voyage back to Australia.
Author: Phillip Law
Hardback: 152 pages
SKU:P0239
The Antarctic Yovage of HMAS Wyatt Earp
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