History of View Point (Station V)

Location

Position Lat. 63° 33′ S, Long. 57° 21′ W
General location: Duse Bay, Trinity Peninsula

Purpose

Survey, geology and meteorology.

Occupied

Intermittently 3 June 1953 – 25 November 1963.

Established as a satellite base for Hope Bay (Station D).

Buildings

Site selected 8 Feb 1953, foundations of first hut laid 3 June 1953. A second hut was erected on 20 Mar 1956 and called Seal-catcher’s Arms or View Point Hut.

Current status

Transferred to Chile on 29 July 1996 and renamed General Ramon Canas Montalva. Inspected for BAS by a conservation architect in Jan 2007.

For full listing of all station histories, see History of British stations and refuges.

Interior of old Base V hut at View Point, showing confined space, 1956. (Photographer: Hugh Simpson, medical officer; Archives ref: AD6/19/3/D25)
Interior of old Base V hut at View Point, showing confined space, 1956. (Photographer: Hugh Simpson, medical officer; Archives ref: AD6/19/3/D25)