Geological Antarctic Field Notebook - David Trail #6

David Trail worked as a geologist with the Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR), the predecessor organisation of Geoscience Australia from 1958-1970 and 1978-1994. David’s first expedition to Antarctica was a year long trip to Mawson Base from January 1961 to March 1962. On this trip he was a member of the first party to ascend Mount Menzies on 19th December 1961. David also returned to Antarctica for the summer season of December 1964 to March 1965. The Trail Glacier and Mount Trail are named in David’s honour and reflect the important contribution he made to Antarctic geoscience.This expedition of 48 tasks is fully transcribed and validated.

大卫·特雷尔（David Trail）曾于1958-1970年及1978-1994年期间担任矿产资源局（Bureau of Mineral Resources，简称BMR）的地质学家，该机构是澳大利亚地球科学局（Geoscience Australia）的前身。特雷尔首次南极考察是1961年1月至1962年3月前往莫森站（Mawson Base）的为期一年的行程。在此次行程中，他于1961年12月19日成为首支登顶门齐斯山（Mount Menzies）的队伍成员之一。特雷尔还于1964年12月至1965年3月的夏季再次前往南极。特雷尔冰川（Trail Glacier）和特雷尔山（Mount Trail）均以他的名字命名，以表彰他对南极地球科学所做出的重要贡献。此次包含48项任务的考察已被完整转录并验证。