Guest Log entries:
May 2001
Hi Allen
Just found your site - quite interesting! I was a
member of the scientific support staff aboard the
u.s.n.s. Eltanin, 71-72 (cruises 47-54).
Specifically, I was the computer op, hired by
alpine geophysical associates.
Stevan Apter
HI I WAS
PART OF VXE-6 MAINT DEPT.I WORKED ON THE HER'C
& THE HELO'S FORT THE MILITARY.I AM STILL AT
THE SAME BASE WHERE VXE-6 WAS BASED (NAWC
PT.MUGU,CA).PLEASE E-MAIL ME BACK !LETS SWAP DEEP
FREEZE STORIES? THANKS !
AD2 DAVID A.NICHOLSON/1534 BULLPUP CIRCLE/NAWC
PT.MUGU,CA.93042
September 2000
Dear Mr. Cull,
I have found trace of the French yacht Isatis in
your 1979 records of life on Palmer station. It's
a great website with some truly beautiful
photographs. Such serenity in such a surreal
landscape!
I'm writing you from Belgium because I'm planning
to buy and restore Isatis. She's a French-built,
32-foot aluminum sloop -- one of the smaller
yachts to have ever visited Antarctica. According
to your reports she was there at the same time as
the larger steel ketch Williwaw, of the well-known
Belgian sailor Willy De Roos. (I occasionally bump
into him in one or another North Sea harbor, so If
you want me to say hello to him I'd be happy to
oblige.) As part of the Isatis restoration
project, I'm looking for as much information you
may have about the yacht, its history and its
former crew. Your memories, pictures or any other
help would be much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Martin du Bois
June 2000
May 2000
I was at McMurdo for two weeks
w/the NAVCHAPGRU stevedore battalion based at
Williamsburg, VA. Could our paths have crossed? My
signature is halfway up the top of the hill close
to the barracks in the log book. Jeff Moore &
James Jenkins (who later became my husband) had
also signed. We reached the top, I had a little
help (they threw rocks at me). James Jenkins is
now deceased but a little piece of him remains
w/help from that book. It just goes to show you,
people in human bodies shouldn't throw stones. If
others visit you from NAVCHAP could you please
give them my E-mail address? I would love to see
how the people in my past have been doing. Thank
you for the page & have a nice day.
Nansea59@cs.com
April 2000
Hi. I enjoyed the picture of the
Hero and the Bransfield. I was
assistant engineer on the Hero in '80/'81 and then
chief engineer until
and including her last voyage in '84.
Dave Morgan
Eleele, Kauai, HI
April 2000
Second (or fourth) try...you just
revised the site so I'll try again to make
contact.
w/o Pole sm 1977; ITT project engineer for
Pole/Palmer/Siple 1986-90, we just missed crossing
paths in Paramus.
John Heg and Pete Harding are best friends...
Love those sitreps. More later...
Bill
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