Cape Hallett

On 16 October 1958, a Douglas C-124C Globemaster II (52-1017) of the USAF crashed into a 3200-foot mountain near Cape Hallett Bay while maneuvering, killing 7 of the 13 occupants.

[1] The cape was the location of a joint scientific base, Hallett Station, between the United States and New Zealand during the International Geophysical Year of 1957, and was manned permanently until 1964, when there was a major fire.

Hallett Station was one of seven bases that the United States built for the IGY, which also included McMurdo, Wilkes, Admundsen-Scott, Ellsworth, Byrd, and Little America.

Animals found at the site include, as well as four species of mites and three of springtails, breeding colonies of south polar skuas and Adélie penguins.

[3] A large Adélie penguin colony occupies Seabee Hook, on the west side of Hallett Peninsula between Moubray Bay and Edisto Inlet.

Topographic map of the Cape Hallett area
Mount Herschel (3,335 m) in the Admiralty Mountains as seen from Cape Hallett