SUB-ANTARCTIC RESCUE.—-Photographs taken on H.M.A.S. Australia, which recently made a hazardous voyage to Heard Island, in the sub-Antarctic, to bring aid to Dr. Serge Udovikoff, a member of the Australian Antarctic Expedition, who was critically ill with appendicitis. TOP: Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island, viewed* from the Australia, which was hove to in rough seas for two days before being able to send a boat ashore. BOTTOM: Dr. Udovikoff in the cruiser’s sick bay with Surgeon-Commander C. Downward (left) and Captain G. C. Oldham. The rescue of Dr. Udovikoff, involving the diversion of two steamers and the eventual dash of the Australia to the island, is estimated to have cost about £22,000.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26196, 21 August 1950, Page 7
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111SUB-ANTARCTIC RESCUE.—-Photographs taken on H.M.A.S. Australia, which recently made a hazardous voyage to Heard Island, in the sub-Antarctic, to bring aid to Dr. Serge Udovikoff, a member of the Australian Antarctic Expedition, who was critically ill with appendicitis. TOP: Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island, viewed* from the Australia, which was hove to in rough seas for two days before being able to send a boat ashore. BOTTOM: Dr. Udovikoff in the cruiser’s sick bay with Surgeon-Commander C. Downward (left) and Captain G. C. Oldham. The rescue of Dr. Udovikoff, involving the diversion of two steamers and the eventual dash of the Australia to the island, is estimated to have cost about £22,000. Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26196, 21 August 1950, Page 7
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