Halley Bay - 1973

• Halley III (armco base) fitted out
• First flight of the BAS Twin Otters to Halley, from Adelaide
• The wife of Capt. Tom Woodfield, master of the Bransfield, became the first woman to visit Halley Bay. A photograph of her with some of the ship's officers, all in evening dress, standing on the ice after dinner, records the event. This was taken by Graham Chambers and hung on the wall of the base for many years. more

Pictures

Base photo:

Back row: P Ellis - D Habgood - C Palfrey - C Cuthbert - D Walker - D Jones - K Stevenson - A Gay - C Holder - C Bienkowski - I McInnes - A Turner - T Wincott Front row: D Waller - J Burke (behind) - B Jenkins - R Daynes - D Mackay - T Boyt - T Jackson - J Dawson

Picture supplied by Tony Jackson

RRS Bransfield unloading near Halley, January 1973;	Painting by Mike Skidmore

Other information, anecdotes etc.

By sheer chance (randomly Googling something aviation-centric) I found the Z50 site and report of your reunion in October 2006.  I was one of the over-wintering FIDS at Halley in 1973, when Roger Daynes was base commander. I remember particularly Dave Habgood and his bendy pipe and a memorable visit to the Gin Bottle, and Colin Cuthbert, amongst others. Like most FIDS of the time I have a vast stack of photos and 8mm movie, and my daughter (now 26) has asked to take possession of same with a view to digitizing them. Interesting times.
I thought everyone had aged out of all recognition until I looked in the mirror. [23 July 2008]

• Dewi Jones
• Roger Daynes
• Don MacKay

Summer 1972-73