Speakers talk: The Australian Navy in Antarctica

Richard de Grijs tells how, after World War II, the Commonwealth government sought to establish a permanent base in the Australian Antarctic Territory and assert sovereignty.

For their expedition vessel, they overhauled an old polar favourite, MV Wyatt Earp. Plagued by problems during the 1947–48 Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, its crew turned a potential disaster into the navy’s first and only successful polar research expedition.

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Image: WYATT EARP with POLAR STAR seeks a take-off field along the Antarctic Archipelago. ANMM collection

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