In early 1988, the Australian Army's 17th Construction Squadron deployed Lieutenant Andrew Stanner to Wilkes Station, Antarctica in order to develop an environmental clean-up plan to remove, make safe or dispose of a large accumulation of rubbish, fuel in drums, explosives, chemicals and gas cylinders deposited since the late 1950s.
In early 1988, the Australian Army's 17th Construction Squadron dispatched Lieutenant Andrew Stanner to Wilkes Station, Antarctica in order to develop a plan for removing or managing a large quantity of unwanted materials, including fuel, drums, explosives, chemicals, and gas cylinders that had been left behind since the late 1950s.