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Robert B. Thomson
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Wilkes Station.
Personnel
Robert B. Thomson of New Zealand, who had been scientific leader at Hallett Station in 1960, became officer-in-charge at Wilkes Station in 1962, and led the September 1962 Wilkes-Vostock Traverse. He was later deputy leader at Scott Base, in 1963–64. Thomson Peak, in the Mirabito Range, Victoria Land, was named after him.