| 1955 |
The Ross Sea Committee is established
on 26 May and held its first meeting on
3 June. |
| 1955-56 |
Scott Base is designed by Frank Ponder
and a trial assembly is carried out at
Rongotai. |
| 1957 |
Pram Point is selected as the site
for Scott Base (8 January); the site is
levelled (9 January), the Post Office
is opened (11 January) and the first building,
A Hut, is erected (14 January). |
| 1957 |
On 20 January Scott Base is officially
opened. |
| 1958 |
Trans-Antarctic Expedition ended at
Scott Base 2 March. |
| 1958-59 |
Hangar built |
| 1959 |
IGY observations finish January. |
| 1959 |
Antarctic Division established 4 May.
|
| 1960 |
First New Zealand death November
(Tom Couzens). |
| 1962 |
Scott Base becomes a permanent
Antarctic station. |
| 1962-63 |
Building of new huts and extension to
old begins. |
| 1963 |
First visit of a Governor General
(Sir Bernard Fergusson). |
| 1964-65 |
Extensions completed. |
| 1965 |
Geoffrey Markham retires as Superintendent
Antarctic Division. |
| 1965-66 |
Original yellow of Scott Base changed
to green. |
| 1965-66 |
First RNZAF “Operation Ice Cube
Flight”. |
| 1965-66 |
Cape Bird field station opened. |
| 1966-67 |
Road completed between Scott Base and
McMurdo Station. |
| 1966-67 |
Present ski field opened. |
| 1966-67 |
New generators installed. |
| 1967 |
10th Anniversary of Scott Base celebrated. |
| 1967 |
First “Winfly” 28 August.
|
| 1967-68 |
First New Zealand woman visits Scott
Base (Marie Darby). |
| 1967-68 |
Heated board-walks laid in covered ways.
|
| 1967-68 |
New windows installed in kitchen and
sledge room. |
| 1968-69 |
Vanda Station opened 9 January. |
| 1968-69 |
Asgaard hut erected. |
| 1969-70 |
Antarctic Division moves to Christchurch. |
| 1969-70
|
Training at Lake Tekapo begins. |
| 1969-70 |
Jeremy Sykes killed in helicopter crash. |
| 1970-71 |
Last voyage south of the Endeavour. |
| 1972-73 |
High temperature incinerator installed. |
| 1973 |
Hallett Station closed. |
| 1973 |
First winter airdrop by RNZAF 1 August |
| 1976-77 |
Removal of old Q hut. |
| 1977
|
20th Anniversary Scott Base 20 January. |
| 1977-78
|
New Q hut completed (Stage 1). |
| 1978-79 |
MSSTS Drilling programme. |
| 1978-79 |
New powerhouse building started. |
| 1978-79 |
USAF winter airdrops recommenced. |
| 1979 |
First woman winters over (Thelma Rodgers). |
| 1979 |
Air NZ plane crash on Mt. Erebus 28
November. |
| 1979-80 |
Powerhouse completed (Stage 2). |
| 1979-80 |
Reverse Osmosis plant installed. |
| 1980-81 |
New sleeping quarters/ablutions completed
(Stage 3A). |
| 1980-81 |
Arrival of the Transglobe Expedition. |
| 1981-82 |
New mess completed
(Stage 3B). |
| 1981-82
|
First visit by New Zealand Prime
Minister
(Rt. Hon. R. D. Muldoon). |
| 1982 |
25th Anniversary Scott Base 20 January. |
| 1982-83 |
First visit by British Royalty (Prince
Edward). |
| 1983-84 |
Command Centre & post office completed
(Stage 4). |
| 1984-85 |
Hatherton Geosciences Lab completed
(Stage 5). |
| 1985-86 |
Hagglunds introduced. |
| 1986-87 |
Workshop & marine shops completed
(Stage 6). |
| 1987-88 |
Heavy vehicle workshop completed
(Stage 7). |
| 1988 |
R. B. Thomson retires as Director, Antarctic
Division, DSIR. |
| 1989-90 |
Old A Hut re-sited. |
| 1991 |
First winter medical evacuation of
New Zealander (Peter Harding). |
| 1991-92 |
Satellite Earth Station built at Arrival
Heights. |
| 1992-93 |
Ross Island Helicopter tragedy. |
| 1992-93 |
Daylight saving introduced. |
| 1993-94 |
Visit of large tour ship Marco Polo. |
| 1994-95 |
Removal of Vanda Station. |
| 1994-95 |
Cape Roberts drilling site established.
|
| 1996
|
Antarctica New Zealand established 1
July. |
| 1997 |
40th Anniversary VIP visit January.
|
| 1999 |
The Ministerial on Ice meeting is held
at Scott Base. |
| 2000 |
Cape Roberts drilling project completed.
|
| 2001 |
The Ross Sea Region: a state of
the environment report is published.
|
| 2002 |
ANDRILL drilling programme launched.
|
| 2003-04 |
The LGP (Latitudinal Gradient Project)
begins. |
| 2004 |
The Hillary Field Centre is officially
named by Sir Edmund Hillary. |
| 2005 |
Scott Base Stage 3A and 3B is renamed
the Thomson Building. |
| 2005-06 |
Arrival Heights scientific facility
re-built. |
