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Halley 16th Feb 2006 - webcam image

FIDS, Halley Bay - Base Z
75°35'S, 26°34'W

Occupied from 15th Jan 1956 to the present
Built on the Brunt Ice Shelf and slowly moving towards the sea, the latest base - number 6 will be in commission for the 2008/2009 season
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I am searching for Vernon Attew...he is a geophysicist who was in Halley Bay in 1984/5. I have tried many times to get hold of him through colleagues from that time. I knew him from Swaziland in 1970! Feb '09

Barry Heywood - Signy, Rothera, Halley, John Biscoe, JCR - (1962-1997)  email  Oundle

1950's

Gordon ARTZ, (1959) - Cape Town, S. Africa  email  Colleague/compatriot, Johan Bothma, also wintered at Halley Bay in 1959. He lives in Pretoria, S Africa, but has no e-mail facility.

Mick Blackwell (1959) - Marlborough, Wilts    Chief Scientist 1959 party (on secondment from Met Office), which took over Royal Society IGY Base for FIDS and continued IGY scientific programme as IGC.

1960's

Tony Baker (1964/65/67) - Warrington UK  email

John 'Bro' Brotherhood - Signy & Halley (1966,1967) - Sydney, Australia  email  Signy 1966; 2nd year of the new base hut,? first year of skidoos, appendicectomy on Kista crewman, the 'wind' of the 'wind (Brotherhood) and piss (Hillier)' medical research - project title courtesy of Steve 'You Want Bovver' O'Shanohan, great tucker by Nigel Bacon, Christmas 1966 on the John Biscoe, Perla Dan via SG to Halley for 1967 and build Grillage Village.

Chris Brown, (1962) - Wareham, Dorset UK - email available

Chris "Ceeje" Gostick (1966/1967 & 1969) - London, UK  email

John Griffiths, (1962/1963) - Worcester UK  email

Dudley Jehan (Cuddles) (1961/64) - Guernsey, Channel Islands  email  Wintered at Base Z Halley in 1961, 1963 and 1964.

Tony Haynes. (1965/1966) Sydney Australia. email

Bob Lee, (1961-1962)  - Bloomfield Hills. Mi. USA  email

David L Petrie - "DaveMacP" (1963/1964) Tranent EH33 1DY. email  Also Adelaide, McMurdo, "Summer Charlie" during seasons 66-67, 69-70, 73-74

Pop Pitts, (1968) - Penzance   Amateur radio G3GYE since 1950. Halley VP8JP 1968. Oman A4XGC 1975- 1987. Interested in news of VP8 from Halley using own Station

Mike Skidmore, (1967/69) Stoke on Trent.  email  Worked as a geologist. Summer visits to South Georgia 1966 and 1969. Whilst at Halley Bay tried to dog sledge overland to Shackleton Range 1967-68 via Theron Mountains but work proved impossible due to distance. Finally got there with US airlift to the Shacks for 8 weeks geological recce in 1968-69.

Hugh 'Dick' Strafford, (1965) Louth, Lincs. email To see what I'm currently doing look at Queen's Airman

Chris (Sideways) Sykes (1967 - 1968) - Bradford, West Yorkshire  email: Retirement lasted two weeks. Now working part time at The Divers Warehouse in Bradford. Most spare time now spent scube diving with Keighley BSAC 117 or with Diving Leisure Leeds.

1970's

Ian T. Bury (1971/1972) - Falkland Islands - email available

Steve Chambers (1976/1977) - Ting, UK and Canada.  email

Graham Chambers (1974, 1975) - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg  email  Meteorologist on the last of the underground bases.

David Clark (1970) Pembrokeshire  email

Hwfa Jones (Hoof) (1969 - 1972) - Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside  email

Paul Jones (1972) - Haltwhistle, Northumbria UK. email Bellister Castle, Haltwhistle, Northumberland NE49 0HZ  tel: 01434 320557  fax: 01434 321085  Also resident in Edinburgh & Paris

Ken Lax (1974, 1975, 1977). Shrewsbury / Tbilisi / Baku  email

Clive Palfrey (1972, 73). Adelaide South Australia  email

Mick Roscoe (1979, 1980, 1986) - Andover, Hampshire  email

Jay Rushby  (70-72) - London  email  Halley Bay / Signy Island

Andy Smith (1971,1972) Bradwell, Peak District  email  worked for BAS until 2005

Clive Sweetingham (1975/1976) - Stratford-upon-Avon  email

Jack Temple (1975) - Clevedon, Nth Somerset  First trip South in '72' Summered at Signy - email available

Chris  Turner (1975/1976) - Kings Langley  email

Tony "Winkle" Wincott.  (1972 - 1974). Northampton email  Currently working for Bovis lend lease and visit the Falklands frequently. Married to Janet with daughter Louise and son Mike.

1980's

Len Airey (1982, 1983 & 1985) Worldwide  email Memoirs are written in On Antarctica with forward by Ranulph Fiennes and illustrated by John Elliot. The book has been described as the Satanic Verses of Antarctica! But it was written to remove the pipe-smoking, sealskin jacket wearing, Antarctic hero image, and tell the truth how people work, live and often die in Antarctica.

Dave George (1988 & 1989) - Cambridge - Halley V rebuild  email

Tom Lachlan-Cope (1978,1979 - Halley, 1980 - Signy)  email  Cambridge

Mick Roscoe (1979, 1980, 1986) - Andover, Hampshire  email

1990's

Patrick Mc Goldrick (1990/1992)  Co. Kildare, Ireland. I'm getting myself ready for another winter south at Halley station 2002/2004. If there are any "Old Winters" out there that know me get in touch it's been a while. Good Luck - Patrick Mc Goldrick  email

Jonathan Herbert (Halley 5 - 1990/1991) email  Newport Pagnell.  I was part of the summer team on the Halley 5 build.

John Jennings (1999)  Bristol - email available

Stephen Jones (Faraday/Halley - 1990/1994)  Merseyside - email available

Big Jim - Signy, Halley, Bird island, (1989-1990, 1997, 1998) email  Bristol

Stephen McKenzie (1997 / 1998) York  email I was very lucky to work at Halley with the summer maintenance crew 97/98.

Jason Murray (summer 95/96 & 97/98) Hull. I would just like to keep in touch with every one as it was a very special part of my life. No current email

David Noden (1995) - Liverpool. Got the Halley bug , 10 years after leaving !!! not the most dedicated of Antarctican cooks but could rustle up a good nosh to meet the most fastidious of culinary tastes !!! Great memories of a wonderful experience - email available

Jon Oldroyd - JonO (1996 - 1997) Portsmouth.  email

2000's

Hannah Deakin - 2008 - Gloucestershire  

Wayne Ellsmore - 2000 (Halley V / Ernest Shackleton) Saxmundham, Suffolk  Base Summer cook, during the millennium.

Richard Turner - (2000 / 2001 - Halley 5)  North East England  

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