Halley Bay - 1986

Pictures

Base photo:

Anderson Lodge Ault Aslin Clark Tracey McDaid   Howes Whitehead Roscoe Lurcock Chappel Row Heaton Maggs Smith Wood Christie

Picture supplied by Tony Jackson

Pictures by Dale Heaton

Visit to Halley-3; pictures by Dale Heaton

Other information, anecdotes etc.

• Place names around the iceshelf by Phil Anderson
• Halley 1984-87 team: 2008 Mini-reunion
• Halley 1986/87 Fids 2016 reunion Ski Trip
• Halley Fids 2018 Ski Trip
• Halley 1986/87 Fids 2023 reunion, Snowdonia
• Halley Travel Report 1986 Toby Clark (Copyright NERC-BAS)

I was more commonly known as "Central" aka Central Heaton or by a well known exceedingly drunken Irish AIS Tech ......Deeel, Deeel, Deeel!!
Even funnier was the time Ash Morton, a very respected Rothera Field G.A. came over in a Twotter to do some work on the Plateau. He didn't respond very well to the call of....Osh....Osh...Osh!!
Chris McDead? where are you now!! [21 Jan 2002]

Pat Lurcock* comments:

In response to Mick Daly's wondering about whether the fids still watch 'The Last Tram', I have it at KEP on video and manage to subject the KEP fids to it most years. And if that isn't enough they get 'Cattlecarters' and 'Holiday' too. Sadly I didn't get 'Bars of Silver', which would have been much more suitable for a fisheries research lab!.
The real regret is not making a video copy of Fuchs & Hillary's Antarctic Crossing film.
And so we say, 'farewell old tram'.

For anyone missing it: http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/virtual/film/film_elephant.shtml Isn't the interweb wonderful! Never had internet in the Antarctic in my day....etc etc etc.
[01 Apr 2006] [This link no longer works, but you can now see The Elephant will never forget 1952 on YouTube, or here -- Ed. 25/05/2015]

In reply to which, Phil Anderson says:

Rest assured Pat, the 16 mm projector is still alive and (fairly) well, and the old favourites are still popular, even in this digital age. BAS and the Halley VI project are both very keen to ensure that the history of the base is maintained during the imminent move. So, the films, along with other memorabilia will find a place at VI.

"...you'd think they were afraid of old ghosts". (LT Fans, please correct the quote!)

And in a similar vein for everyone else who's wintered at Halley. If the question is:-
"First second third fourth..... reverse?"
what is the answer?
[14 Jun 2006]

See also comments by Mike Durrant and Charlie Robb.

Links

• Phil Anderson

Summer 1985-86