Mawson to Enderby Land Traverse Records from 1974-75

David Luders, Officer in Charge at Mawson in 1974, provided the Australian Antarctic Data Centre with information, annotated maps, a cable message, and a personal article in 2018. The materials document the reasons for a chosen route and suggestions for a base location during traverses from Mawson to Enderby Land in the 1974-75 season. The downloadable files include a document, scanned maps and messages, and the article 'INTO THE WHITE, Mawson to Enderby Land, 1974'.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical Antarctic traverse route selection based on the documented reasons for choosing a route between Mt Twintop and Knuckey Peaks.
• Evaluating historical base location suitability based on the suggestion that Mt King would be a better location than Knuckey Peaks.
• Studying primary source materials from a 1970s Antarctic expedition based on the provided annotated maps, cable message, and personal article.

Strengths

• Includes primary source materials from the expedition's Officer in Charge, providing firsthand insight.
• Contains multiple document types: a summary document, scanned annotated maps, a cable message, and a personal article.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 1975-05-29 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AU_AADC), sourced from David Luders.

Collection Method

Personal records and recollections from the expedition's Officer in Charge, provided in 2018.

Time Range

1974-75

Freshness

Historical data from 1974-75, with metadata updated in 2018.

Geography

Antarctica, traverses from Mawson to Enderby Land.