File:1988 Gas cylinders at Wilkes.TIF

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Camera location66° 15′ 25.6″ S, 110° 31′ 32.2″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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English: Photograph taken at Wilkes Station by Lieutenant Andrew Stanner, 17th Construction Squadron (Royal Australian Engineers) on Voyage 8 of the 1989/88 resupply season ANARE. Photograph shows a number of discarded hydrogen gas cylinders used for meteorological analysis at the Station in the late 1950's and early 1960's.
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Photograph was taken while on a reconnaissance conducted over the period 28 Feb to 25 Mar 1988. The reconnaissance indicated that the volume of waste at Wilkes Base at the time was approximately:

  • POL (up to 100,000 litres, mainly diesel fuel)
  • approximately 300 assorted gas cylinders
  • approximately 2 tonnes of caustic soda
  • approximately 2 tonnes of ferrous silicate
  • a quantity of explosives

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12 March 1988

66°15'25.600"S, 110°31'32.200"E

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