• Title
  Series 184: With the 'Kista Dan'
• Call number
  PXE 731/1831-1865
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1950s
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  412508
• Physical Description
  35 photographic prints - 21 x 26 cm or smaller - silver gelatin
  
• Scope and Content
  Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) at Mawson, including images of the 'Kista Dan'. Also includes shots of Little America III base and photos taken of Antarctica from the ship 'USS Burton Island'.
  
  1831. Polar ship M.V. Kista Dan jammed in pressure ice and listing heavily. Anchor cables in foreground paid out to lighten ship
  1832. Kista Dan photographed late at night when the sun is very low in the sky
  1833. Aluminium works hut erected at the Mawson Station in 1954
  1834. Kista Dan unloading at Mawson
  1835. Kista Dan in vicinity of Mawson, Antarctica, surrounded by adelie penguins
  1836. Kista Dan and adelie penguins, Antarctica
  1837. Hauling a seal aboard the 'Wyatt Earp'
  1838. Kista Dan in Mawson Harbour
  1839. Stores transported from ship across thin sea-ice to Mawson Station by Weasel and Sledge
  1840. One of the two Auster aircraft with the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition) at Mawson, Antarctica, fitted with skis
  1841. Uploading stores from Kista Dan onto thin sea-ice at Mawson, Antarctica
  1842. Tractor and fork-lift greatly assists landing and building operations at Mawson, Antarctica
  1843. Landing stores at ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition) station site. Mawson, Antarctica
  1844. Tractor using fork-lift to unload sledge at Mawson
  1845. Men with caravans safely ashore on the rocky terrain near Mawson, Antarctica
  1846. Geophysicist Jim Brooks with theodolite. MacRobertson Land
  1847. Iceberg showing signs of decomposition, Antarctica
  1848. Iceberg. Antarctica
  1849. One of the two Auster Aircraft used by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions at Mawson
  1850. Icebergs
  1851. Dog and plane in blizzard
  1852. ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition) station being built at Mawson, MacRobertson Land, on solid rock
  1853. ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition) personnel operating power drill to form foundations for huts. Mawson, Antarctica
  1854. Landing drums of fuel oil at Mawson, Antarctica
  1855. Flag raising ceremony at Mawson, 1954. Philip Law, Leader of the Expedition at left
  1856. Mount Erebus as seen from the USS Burton Island. Cape Byrd in left foreground, 28 January 1948
  1857. Mount Erebus on Ross Island. McMurdo Sound, 20 February 1947
  1858. Aerial view of Little America III base after evacuation, 4 February 1948
  1859. Summer at midnight
  1860. Winter at mid-day
  1861. Kista Dan, carrying the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions to Mawson, Antarctica, breaks its way through heavy pack ice
  1862. Mt Erebus as seen from the USS Burton Island. Cape Byrd in left foreground, 28 January 1948
  1863. View of pressure ice field
  1864. Aerial view showing the pressure ridges caused by the east and west banks of shelf ice shifting positions in the Bay of Whales area, 31 January 1948
  1865. Setting up survey gear at West Base, Little America, 31 January 1948
• System of arrangement
  By numbering sequence on reverse
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright restrictions may apply:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
• Description source
  
  Titled from accompanying envelope.
• General note
  
  1 image missing from original set of 36 (accompanying envelope).
  Digital order no: Album ID : 866561
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  'N.S.W. Education Department Visual Education Centre Library' stamped on reverse. 'Department of External Affairs Antarctic Division ANARE photo' stamped on reverse of most images. 'Official United States Navy photograph' stamped on reverse at PXE 731/1856-58, PXE 731/1862-1865.
• Conservation note
  
  Section of top right border cut away at PXE 731/1859.
• Name
  Kista Dan (Ship)
  Law, Philip
  Wyatt Earp (Ship)
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions.
  
• Topic
  aircraft
  bays
  building construction
  buildings, structures & establishments
  cables
  capes (land)
  caravans
  cargo (ships)
  construction & demolition workers
  construction (events & activities)
  drilling machines
  drums (containers)
  flags
  fork-lifts
  harbours
  huskies
  ice
  icebergs
  iceshelves
  islands
  mountains
  pack-ice
  penguins
  rites & ceremonies
  seals (animals)
  seas
  ships
  snow
  surveying
  theodolites
  tractors
  
• Place
  Antarctica.
  Mawson (Antarctica)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1044151

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