Halley Bay - 2005

2004

2006

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Notable events/features of the year Halley is connected to the Internet (Feb 2005). The satellite dome is a new feature of the Halley landscape. People Coggins S.J. (Simon) WBC, Data Manager Butters M.R. (Matt) Generator Mechanic Clive S.P. (Steve) Electrician Cohen J.A. (Jeffrey) Electronic Eng Coxan I.P. (Ian) Field Assistant Iorwerth M. (Miriam) Electronic Eng Jones B.L. (Bryn) Electronic Eng Jones D.A. (Dan) Builder/Carpenter Koplick J. (Jamie) Plumber Nicholls C. (Craig) Met. physicist O'Brien V. (Vanessa) Physicist O'Donnell K.P. (Kevin) Chef Rooney M.C.A. (Michael) Comms Manager Schmidt P.S. (Petra) Doctor Wale G.M. (Gareth) Vehicle Mechanic Williams F.J.B. (Frances) Met/Physicist Pictures Group photos Photo from the Decmber 2005 Halley Diary

Photo by Jeff Cohen Front row (left to right): Jeff Cohen, Mike Rooney, Petra Schmidt, Frances Williams, Vanessa O'Brien, Ian Coxan, Jamie Koplick, Matt Butters, Kev O'Donnell, Miriam Iorwerth. Back row (left to right): Dan Jones, Steve Clive, Gareth Wale, Simon Coggins, Craig Nicholls, Bryn Jones. Simon says: "Here's one of us all at Sundown. It was blowing 20 knots and a bit cold but we still managed to have the traditional barbeque. The flag was raffled off and won by Petra Schmidt."

The VSAT dome

Photo by Petra Schmidt A new addition to the Halley skyline. The dome housing the radio communications system which links Halley to the rest of the BAS network (bases, ships and Cambridge HQ), via the VSAT satellite. In the background, a bulk fuel transit tank is approaching.

"Ness and I got sick of his whistling"

Photo by Frances Williams

Miriam's pictures

Video

Other information, anecdotes etc.

How times have changed! 500 word news letters and now e-mails. In 1975 it was 200 words in, and 100 out! Some things at Halley seem to remain the same though, i.e, in the 2005 base photo. Fid with shovel in hand, and another in front row (young lady) with the essential and ever present camera round the neck! Much of the kit, i.e the orange cags and mukluks appears not to have changed, though I do like those furry caps. [31 March 2006]

Matt Butters:

During our Midwinter celebrations a blow up doll was perched upon the Christmas tree as we didn't have a fairy. It was rather comical, but I think some people found it in poor taste. [16 January 2006]

• Station Diary 2005: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
• Bryn Jones
• Kev O'Donnell ; The Ice Man

Summer 2004-05

Allan Thomas ("Tommo") writes:

Who'd have thought I'd only be away 10 months before coming back? Certainly not me, but enjoying life down the Drewry for a summer. By the way, Craig Nicholls has had a bike here for the last two winters, and I did hear that Pat Fielder had a motorbike here when he wintered. [17 January 2006]

Shane Rodwell writes:

Fantastic flight into Halley via Cape Town, Novolazarevskaya and Neumayer. Due to weather, our route beat the Rothera flight and we were first summer staff to arrive on station, followed by tourists from the Kapitan Khlebnikov the same afternoon. [14 March 2018]

• Nathan Keen
• Shane Rodwell