The Full Form of DGST is Deployable Geospatial Support Team.

Five members of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Deployable Geospatial Support Team (DGST) are busily preparing for a voyage onboard the Australian icebreaker RV Aurora Australis to collect important hydrographical data at Casey Station in Australia’s Antarctic Territory.

Accompanying the gun team on the voyage will be the Australian Hydrographic Service’s 10 metre Antarctic Survey Vessel Wyatt Earp, a modified Survey Motor Boat designed for safe operations in the Antarctic environment.

The recent training period in Kettering, Hobart provided DGST members with the opportunity to further familiarise themselves with the Wyatt Earp and hone their specific geospatial skill sets prior to deploying to the unique and extreme Antarctic environment.