FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

Seems to be Australian National Antarctica Research Expedition of 1947/48 under Stuart Campbell to set up the first permanent Research station on Heard & Macquarie Islands (1947 /1948). Research scientists taking measurements of weather conditions, on deck doing experiments with weather balloon, moving pieces of seal meat into freezer, using various scientific instruments, man climbs to top of mast

Good shot iceberg with arch in it, on deck looking at scenics, man on top of mast, shovelling snow & ice from deck, men pulling ropes to move plane on board, deck covered in ice & snow, scenics (1947 / 1948)Seems to be Australian National Antarctica Research Expedition of 1947/48 under Stuart Campbell to set up the first permanent Research station on Heard & Macquarie Islands