A mystery sledging object - Is this a FID invention?

by

Hwfa Jones, meteorologist; 1970-1971


No mention of this in Z FIDS that I can find, and not used sledging at Halley when we were there. It turned up with various odds and ends in an old Halley sledge box given to me about a decade ago. It’s from the mid 60s and could well have been used on the Totton trips.
We all heard of it being used on the Peninsula Bases but I never saw one so I wonder if this really is an example of the mysterious sledging ‘Dongler’ ?

I did use a flag on one trip - over the load - this was just to get some colour into the photos!

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23 October 2025
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