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3.5 Inventory of Past Activities

3.5 Inventory of Past Activities

Name of station/base/field camp/traverse/crashed aircraft/etc, co-ordinates (latitude and longitude) period during which activity undertaken; description/purpose of activities undertaken; description of equipment or facilities remaining.

The following table provides information on some of the sites where Australian activities have been undertaken. More complete information will be provided following the development of a database on past activities conducted by Australia.

Name of facility	Latitude	Longitude	Date commenced	Date completed	Description of activities undertaken	Equipment or facilities remaining
Casey Station	66° 17'S	110° 32'E	Dec 1988	ongoing	Permanent station supporting scientific activities	Refer to Casey
Davis Station	68° 35'S	77°58'E	13 Jan 1957	ongoing	Permanent station supporting scientific activities	Refer to Davis
Mawson Station	67°36'S	62°52'E	13 Feb 1954	ongoing	Permanent station supporting scientific activities	Refer to Mawson
S2	66°29'S	122°13'E	1957	1966	Glaciology research site	S2 consisted of a 'Jamesway' hut, generator, storage, and snow laboratory all dug in the snow, joined with a roofed trench and then covered over with snow, and a shaft which they dug down into the ice, 36m deep. Over the years the snow has covered it all. But each year expeditioners returned and dug it out to do more experiments and take more ice samples. When they finally closed the site (around 1966) they were living in an underground ice cave/tunnel, the hut and all, buried. Now there is a 15m deep shaft to the original dwelling which consists of a tunnel joining the hut and the 36m shaft. Refer to following URL for additional information What is S2?
Law Base Station	69°23'S	76°23'E	5 Feb 1986	1 Feb 2002	Summer field station for scientific research	The base is located on the eastern peninsula and comprises two Apple huts, three Melon huts, a large prefabricated hut and a small metal shed.
Beaver Lake field camp	70°48'S	68°10'E	January 1995	1997/98	Field camp for scientific research	4 Apple huts and camping gear for 10 people. Some field rations and 10 drums of petrol.
Mawson Escarpment "Two Dogs Depot"	72°31'S	68°19'E		1996/97	Fuel depot for helicopters	Drums of ATK
Wilkes Station	66?15.4'S	110?32.2E	1958	1962	Abandoned research station	Numerous buildings and equipment, much of which is ice covered.