Halley Bay - 1984

1983

1985

Notable events/features of the year

The major event was the transfer of the scientific programs to Halley 4, and the closure of Halley 3.

December: Bransfield arrived carrying 2 chartered helicopters for the Ronne depot. They are test flown. One later crashed (pilot uninjured) and had to be abandoned.

People

Nicol	C.D.	(Colin)	BC
Attew	V.J.C.	(Vernon 'Slack')	Geophysicist
Bayliss	G.M.	(Graham)	Carpenter
Broadway	J.W.	(James)	Doctor
Cavanagh	P.J.	(Pete)	Heat and vent engineer
Daly	M.E.	(Mick)	Geophysicist
Davies	P.L.	(Pete)	Tractor Mechanic
Dixon	M.J.	(Mick 'Mix')	Diesel Mechanic
Gill	S.P.	(Steve)	Meteorologist
Hall	B.D.	(Dale)	Cook

	Hughes	D.M.	(Dave)	Communications engineer
	Lloyd	S.G.	(Steve)	AIS engineer
	North	D.C.	(Dave)	AIS physicist
	Pickstock	S.D.	(Stuart)	AIS engineer
	Quinsey	N.D.	(Nick)	Geophysicist
+	Sycamore	D.J.	(Dave)	Diesel Mechanic
	Thomas	D.V.	(Dave)	Electrician
	Williams	D.E.A.	(Dave)	Meteorologist
	Yearby	K.H	(Keith)	VLF Scientist

Pictures

Base photo:
Halley Bay base photo, 1984

Top row: Graham Bayliss, Stuart Pickstock, Steve Gill, Mick Daly, Vernon Attew, Pete Davies, Dave Williams, Dale Hall, Keith Yearby, Nick Quinsey
Middle row: Dave Sycamore, Pete Cavanagh, Mick Dixon, Dave North, James Broadway
Bottom row: Steve Lloyd, Dave Thomas, Dave Hughes, Colin Nicol

Picture supplied by Keith Yearby

and here's another one of them, outside:
Halley Bay base photo, 1984
Back row: Pete Davies, Vehicle mechanic; Nick Quinsey, Magnetics; Pete Cavanagh, Heating engineer; Dale Hall, Chef; Steve Gill, Meterologist; David Williams, Meterologist; Keith Yearby, VLF physics; Stuart Pickstock, AIS mechanic
Second Row: Mick Daly, Ozone and radiation; Dai Thomas, Electrician; Steve Lloyd, AIS mechanic; Mick Dixon, (Mix), AIS generator mechanic; Dave Sycamore, Generator mechanic; James Broadway, Doctor; David North, AIS physicist
Front Row: Graham Bayliss, Carpenter, builder; Vernon Attew, Magnetics; David Hughes, Radio operator; Colin Nichol, Base Commander

Picture supplied by James Broadway

Oral History Recording

James Broadway

Other information, anecdotes etc.

Mix Dixon writes:

grip thrutch scradge trog across the jolly bondu, splode tick beastie sled Aframe doo Hovercraft special-projects-group oldbase washing-up- bay greenflash IH snoblo K4, Inland Ice, the plateau, N9, Liddan Island, Xmas Box Hill, Mercury, Eliason, Lancing Snoplane, .....magic days!
[15 January 2003]

Pete Davies writes:

Mick Daly and myself actually jogged the perimeter fence one day! It only happened once though, and I can't even walk to the end of our road now without a 5 minute break. Aah, happy times!!
[10 March 2003]

Mick Daly comments:

Pete Davies does himself a dis-service. We "ran" past the dumps and around the perimeter to the bipole antenae and in again every lunch. Great fun in whiteout (not). I do remember running the perimeter...one of those bright ideas on a Saturday night along with "lets manhaul to mobster tomorrow"...."lets go investigate that loud cracking sound (Gin Bottle)....". You know I wonder whether modern FIDS ever get to watch 'The Last Tram' et al...somehow I doubt it........
[1 March 2006]

[but see comments by Pat Lurcock and Phil Anderson and article by Mike Durrant .. Ed.]

Pete Davies again:

I dont remember 'The Last Tram', but I did enjoy the 'Shell History Of Motor Racing', and if I remember rightly there was a short called 'Moving Waves' about surfers around the world. One of the funniest (Can't remember the name) had to be the one that took place in a lab with a white coated gent stoking his pipe while his assistant tiptoed silently behind him!
[16 September 2006]

Visits to Halley-2 and Halley-3 by Keith Yearby

Synchronome Master Clocks

The story of Washing Up Bay

A Trip to the Old-Old Base by Mick "Mix" Dixon; Pictures

Hovercraft by Mick "Mix" Dixon

Parachute by Pete Davies

BAS Micro by James Broadway

Glossary, 1984-85 contributed by Mick "Mix" Dixon

Halley 1984-87 team: 2008 Mini-reunion