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Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
Winter Over 1967
...well, it turns out this isn't quite the winterover photo (read on...)
Navy:
CEW3 Lawrence J. (Larry) Bean - Electrician
EM2 Howard W. (William) Broome, Jr - Electrician
UT1 Harold K. Crain - Utilitiesman
BUL3 Charles E. Gorham - Builder
CS2 Harvey W. High - Cook
CMHCN Francis B. Macnowski - Construction Mechanic
ET1 James P. Rivera - Electronics Technician
LT Ronald C. (Craig) Sullivan, MD, MSC, USNR, OIC/Physician
BULCN Rudolph D. (Rudy) Terrazas - Builder
HM1 Steven E. Terwileger - Corpsman
RM1 Noah D. White - Radio Operator
CM1 Floyd Virdin - Mechanic/Equipment Operator
SK2 James T. Wells - Storekeeper
USARP:
Petr (Peter) Astakhov - Soviet Exchange Scientist - Arctic and Antarctic Scientific-Research Institute (Leningrad) - Ionosonde
Peter F. Brazitis - Bartol Research Foundation - Geophysics
Joseph DesRoches - US Weather Bureau - Meteorology
Kirmach Natani - Univ. of Oklahoma - Sleep Study
Lt. Richard V. O'Connell, US Coast & Geodetic Survey - Seismology
John C. Plankinton Jr., US Weather Bureau - Meteorology supervisor
Philip A. Postel - US Weather Bureau - Meteorology
Richard B. Weininger, Station Scientific Leader - Ionosonde
Thanks to Kirmach Natani for the list of names. The photo is scanned from the DF-67
cruisebook. Here's a higher quality jpg (551kb) as well as my Photoshop (psd) file (37mb!)
if you are curious.
But...don't get too hung up on this photo...turns out that although the cruisebook describes
it as the "crew of Pole Station," it is not quite the winterover crew. In October 2014, Bill
Broome marked it up (below) indicating who wintered and who wasn't in the picture. The unmarked
folks in the photo did not winter. So it seems that this photo was taken before the end of summer,
with a mix of winter and summer men. UPDATE...in February 2020 Peter Brazitis pointed out
that Harvey High is in the photo, in a white shirt next to Floyd Virdin.
Meanwhile, Natani wrote that the official photo was taken at the midwinter party, with a sign to
that effect held in front of the group. He has a slide copy somewhere packed away. Perhaps someday he will yet dig it out.
Other notes--John Plankinton died in September 2016 (photo and tribute from the Palo Alto Adult Soccer League.
Harvey High wintered at Palmer in 1970.
I did meet Noah White at an Antarctic reunion. He was the only person to winter both at the IGY station/Old Pole and the domed station.
He also worked at Siple. He died on 4 January 2019.
Ronald Craig Sullivan died on 17 October 2020 (obituary)
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