South Pole Winter 1974

Back row, left to right...CE2 Charles Nicholson, HM1 Paul Morrison, EO2 Bob Slater, Nick Knezevich, Jr., SK1 Bill Simons, LT Winston Cope, LT Bob Braddock, Charles Jenkins (SSL), Tony Meunier, Jeff Galebrough, Bill Bochicchio, Melvin Ellis Front row, left to right...UTC Ronald Bowers, CE1 Will Runyon, RM1 Rich Gilette, CM1 Ralph Snyder, BU1 Frank Burke, CS1 Roberts, Arthur (Dusty) Miller, Paul Rydelek, Don Nelson
	The complete list... Bowers, Ronald L., UTC, NSFA Braddock, Robert L., LT (CEC), NSFA, officer in charge Burk, Frank L., BU1, NSFA Cope, Winston L., LT (MC), NSFA Gillett, Richard D., RM1, NSFA Knezevich, Nick, Jr., NSFA Morrison, Paul W., HM1, NSFA Nicholson, Charles, CE2, NSFA Roberts, John H., III, CSC, NSFA Runyon, William E., CE1, NSFA Simons, William C., SK1, NSFA Slater, Robert T., EO2, NSFA Snyder, Ralph L., CM1, NSFA Bochicchio, William, geophysics, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Galebrough, Jeffrey, geomagnetism, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ellis, Melvin Y., doppler research, U. S. Geological Survey Jenkins, Charles, geophysics, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Meunier, Tony K., doppler research, U. S. Geological Survey Miller, Arthur, upper atmosphere, Bartol Research Foundation Nelson, Donald, geophysics, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Rydelek, Paul, geophysics, University of California, Los Angeles The photo is courtesy of Ed Hamblin received January 2008. The list of names in the photo is from Ed along with Paul Rydelek. Thanks to both of you! (unedited original, 1425k) List source: Antarctic Journal (NSF), July/August 1974
Here's an interesting winter tale about these guys, also from Ed Hamblin who was at McMurdo: Just before the last flight to Pole in Feb 74, several of the Pole Navy crew had come to McMurdo bludging (good Kiwi term, that). It was all amassed at Hill Cargo and palletized for movement to Williams Field to go out on the last plane south. On those AF pallets were plastic bags, and bunches of other stuff. Instead of worrying about their gear, the Pole crew had one final McM drunk ex...and the palletized material didn't make it to Pole. We never found it.. We actually didn't know the AF pallets didn't make it until the Pole was already locked down and the Pole Storekeeper Bill Simon contacted me and wanted to know where his stuff was. One of the mysteries of the universe. Now move ahead to summer 77-78. After winter over, I stayed summer support. My last deployment was that 77-78 season, and I was involved in a lot of McMurdo clean up. On the north side of the Hazmat warehouse [Building 185. uphill from the garage, seen in the center of my 1972 Ob Hill photo], there was a humungous snow drift, and I could see there was something underneath. That part of McM stayed in the shade, so it wasn't melting off. I got a bucket loader, and started clearing...lo and behold, there were the 3 AF pallets of Pole material buried in that drift.