Thiel Mountains
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The Thiel Mountains are isolated, mainly snow-capped mountains of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ellsworth Land region of Antarctica. The mountain range is 45 nautical miles long,
Aerial view of the Thiel Mountains
Thiel Mountains refueling depot
Distant aerial view of the Thiel Mountains
Wilkes Station
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Wilkes Station is a former Australian Antarctic research station. It was established in January 1957 by the United States in Antarctica. It was taken over by the Australian Antarctic Division on 7 Feb
Thiel Mountains
…meridian West, including work near these mountains. Thiel perished with four others in the crash of a P2V Neptune aircraft soon after take-off from Wilkes Station on November 9, 1961. The Thiel Mountains include the Moulton Escarpment to the northwest, which includes Chastain Peak. To the north it contains the…
Wilkes Station in 1988
Wilkes Station, 1957
1988 photo shows diesel oil drums in the foreground, oil spill visible on the left in the middle distance; the Icebird is visible at anchor in Vincennes Bay; Casey Station on the skyline at the left in the distance across the bay
Discarded hydrogen gas cylinders used for meteorological analysis at Wilkes Station