Event NameNZ Activities on Board USS 'Burton Island'| Geophysics Div| DSIRAbstract
A two man DSIR party travelled aboard the American Icebreaker| USS 'Burton Island' during part of her Antarctic operations in earlt 1962. The object was to make magnetic and oceanographic observations where possible. IN the cours of the cruise a landing was made on the coast of Adelie Land| in the vicinity of the South Magnetic Dip Pole, and a new location for the dip pole determined. The nearby base camp of the 1912/13 Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition was visited and inspeted.
