Operation Tabarin
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Operation Tabarin was the code name for a secret British expedition to the Antarctic during World War Two, operational 1943–1946. Conducted by the Admiralty on behalf of the Colonial Office, its prima
Field party of Operation Tabarin surveying on Wiencke Island, 22 September 1944
Norwegian sealing vessel Veslekari
Antarctic Peninsula showing Tabarin bases
Base B, Whaler's Bay, Deception Island
Port Lockroy
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Port Lockroy is a bay forming a natural harbour on the north-western shore of Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Antarctic base with the same name, si
Operation Tabarin
…James Marr. Two bases were established in early 1944 – firstly, Base B, at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, and later the main base, Base A, at Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island. A variety of science and mapping work was carried out. 14 men over-wintered in 1944. In the Antarctic summer of 1944/45, Captain Andrew…
The abandoned British base at Port Lockroy, 1962
Goudier Island in 2014
The base has been renovated into a museum
Food rations on display at the museum