Halley Bay - 1960

Pictures

Base photo:

Bottom row (names cut off): J.E. Macdonald; M.H. Thurston; C. Johnson; J.R. Blackie; C.H. Dean.

Photo supplied by George & Kate Moore

Halley Bay 1960 - Base hut from Anemomometer Tower. (Click to enlarge)	Picture by Walter Townsend

More pictures by Walter Townsend.

John Biscoe arriving Halley Bay January 1960	Picture by John Smith

Other information, anecdotes etc.

I think 1960 can be called a 'holding-the-fort' year for Halley Bay, still in the original hut then 30 feet under the snow and entered by hatches and ladders.   Our exploits warrant all of five and a half lines in Of Ice and Men*, but we did carry on all the scientific programmes.   We had one dog, Stumpy, who lived outside the whole year, and two cats, Strom and Ness, who occasionally poked their noses out.   Ness had a kitten during the year. More..  I was Chief Met and Builder with the task of extending the radio-sonde balloon shed upwards out of the snow. [30/04/2002]

Colin Johnson:

Sorry to have missed last year's reunion. Hopefully will make the next! [28/12/06]