| Whiteman | P.I. | (Paul) | Base Leader |
| Armstrong | B.M.F. | (Brian) | Geophysicist |
| Beebe | G.D. | (Doug) | Tractor Mechanic |
| Blakeley | P.R | (Peter) | Tractor Mechanic |
| Blossom | D.C. | (Charlie) | Cook |
| Brook | D. | (Dave) | Geologist |
| Cotterill | P.J. | (Phil) | Meteorologist |
| Cuthbertson | R.D. | (Dick) | Diesel Mechanic |
| Gostick | C.J. | (Chris 'Ceeje') | Radio operator |
| Haynes | P.J.A. | (Tony) | GA |
| Izatt | W.T. | (Bill) | Geophysicist |
| Johnston | A. | (Alan) | Surveyor |
| Keyte | R.C. | (Dick) | Radio operator |
| Lloyd | R.M. | (Ron 'Doc Ron') | Doctor |
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| Lovegrove | G.W. | (Geoff) | Surveyor |
| McKerrow | D.K. | (Dave 'Mac') | Cook |
| McWilliam | G.F. | (Geoff) | Geophysicist |
| Noble | S.W. | (Stuart) | Ionosphericist |
| Read | C.M. | (Colin 'Big Black') | Meteorologist |
| Samuel | M.M. | (Miln 'Sam') | Surveyor |
| Shaw | M.J. | (Mick) | Physicist |
| Skipworth | J.E. | (John 'Skip') | Electrician |
| Stokes | J.R. | (Dick) | Meteorologist |
| Swift | B. | (Brian) | Radio operator |
| Thomas | R.H. | (Bob) | Glaciologist |
| Williams | A.R. | (Andy) | Meteorologist |
| Wilson | A.B. | (Tony) | Ionosphericist |
| Wornham | C.M. | (Colin 'Grauncher') | Meteorologist |
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Base photo:
Back row: Tony Haynes, Dick Stokes, Bob Thomas, Col Wornham, Geoff Lovegrove, Alan Johnston, Bill Izatt
3rd Row: Mac McKerrow, Andy Williams, Dick Cuthbertson, Brian Armstrong, Peter Blakeley, Dave Brook, Geoff McWilliam, Col Read
2nd Row: John Skipworth, Ron Lloyd, Brian Swift, Doug Beebe, Stu Noble, Mike Shaw
Front Row: Sam Samuel, Tony Wilson, Chris Gostick, Dick Keyte, Charlie Blossom, Paul Whiteman, Phil Cotterill
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Mick Shaw and the Mobsters dog sledge.
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Mick writes: "The photo was taken during the first overland trip to the
Therons. My brief encounter with dog sledging was, of course, the most
vividly memorable of the times spent at Halley Bay. I'm no longer sure of
all the dogs in the Mobsters at that time but it's nice to see the lead dog,
Suak in the 1970 base photo, and
Booboo in the 1971 photo." [1 June 2004]
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Photo taken by Mac McKerrow
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Bob Thomas writes about his trip to "Christmas Box Hill":
... Another, more homely, kind of anecdote relates my my trip with Tony Wilson
and an ancient Eliason to the ice shelf spawned by the Stancomb Wills
Glacier, to the east of Halley Bay. We travelled across all sorts of
garbage, including 50% open water, to get to what turned out to be floating
glacier tongue (ignorant as we were of any air photos or whatever of the
region we were visiting), and we travelled extensively over it. Finally, we
established a strain rosette on the floating ice (which was later remeasured
by other Halley Bay inmates), and it was within view of a domed feature to
the east, which was clearly grounded ice. Since we first saw this close to
Christmas (66/67), we named it Christmas Box Hill. I should note here that
sledging in those days was fairly basic and our rations were confined to the
old 20-day ration boxes. But, because we expected to be out for Christmas,
the blessed cooks had included a Christmas box in our load that comprised
all sorts of goodies, including canned shrimp paste and Christmas cake. So
Christmas Box Hill was a pretty important name for this damned bit of
grounded ice shelf. Back "home" in Cambridge, I pushed hard for this name
to be recommended by the UK representatives to the Place Names Committee
(Blessed be They....), but they were happy to lay prone while the US
representatives pushed through a name commemorating the current director of
the US Geological Survey (some guy by the name of "Lydden"), who had
certainly never set foot on the ice. This helped me to see, early in life,
just how things work in the real world. Thank God there is still a bit of
the unreal world left for some of us to live in.
Bob describes his work on ice shelves.
'Doc Ron' Lloyd writes:
Had a great time there. Did some physiology research
(Ketonuria on an Antarctic Expedition) for which I got an MD. Now that
I live in Canada nobody notices because all North American doctors get
MD as their basic medical degree.
Did lots of interesting medical work including two appendicectomies for
which I got the Polar Medal. Managed to stay healthy, thank God, so I
didnt have to suffer at the hands of amateurs!
I look back with fondness at my time on Base Z. I think my favourite
times were dog sledding. What a great shame the "Do Gooders" banished
them from Antarctica.
John Skipworth writes:
In the year 2000, my Daughter (Fiona) was the only female Officer on the ship
H.M.S. Endurance, that Year the ship sailed to Halley Bay.
Fiona did not get to the actual base as she had to remain on board.
I wonder are there any other cases of Father (1966) and Daughter (2000) making it to Halley Bay?
[13 March 2003]
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