File:1988 Explosive satchel.TIF
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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 partially destroyed explosive satchel used for ice acoustic analysis. A large number of similar satchels were distributed over an area estimated at 1000m square after a prior failed attempt to destroy old explosives. |
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| Author | Majormax |
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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