FIDS, Deception Island, Port Lockroy, Detaille Island, Hope Bay, Fossil Bluff, View Point

Hope Bay - D
63°24'S, 56°59'W occupied 10/02/45 - 13/02/64

Mike Fleet (1962/1963) Hope Bay / Stonington, Reading. Regularly attend BAS Club, Hope Bay and Marguerite Bay Reunions. Recently returned south on Larsen Memorial and Stonington or Bust Cruises. email

Ken Hill (1956) - Hope Bay, King's Lynn, Norfolk. email My half an hour cine film of the 1956/7 Hope Bay experience is now (May 2008) transferred from 8mm to DVD, with added introduction, commentary and music. It contains footage of Sam Blake, Ken Brown, Laurie Catherall, Derek Clarke, Jim Madell, Nick Nicholls, John Noble, Lee Rice, Dr Hugh Simpson, Pat Thompson, Roger Tufft and Dick Walcott. I'll happily send a copy free to any of these.

Jim Madell (1956 - 1958), bases: D, V and W - Waberthwaite, Cumbria. I would be interested to hear from anyone who was at Hope Bay, View Point or Base W. email

View Point - V
63°32'S, 57°23'W occupied 08/02/53 - 25/11/63

Detaille Island - W
66°52'S, 66°48'W occupied 21/02/56 - 01/04/59

Robin Perry (1958/1959), bases W & Y. Morges, Switzerland email available

Horseshoe Island - Y
67°47'S, 67°18'W occupied 11/03/55 - 21/08/60

Donald Atkinson - Don (1955) - Newark email I have written a book of my personal experiences which I hope to publish next year. If you have any images I would be interested to hear from you. Particularly internal images of inside of base Y including diesel generator which I installed and maintained.

Peter Gibbs - (bases Y and E - 1956-58) Paphos, Cyprus email

Peter Grimley (1960) - Ontario, Canada - Bases Y and E - email Semi-retired

Trying to find...
From time to time I get emails from people trying locate ex FIDS, these people are often not ex-fids themselves, so I thought I'd add another option for you to post your message and add your email address for contact. If you would like to use this option, then use the registration form, but include your own name and email.

David Bridgen - Deception Island - Contact requested by David Harcourt current location Michigan, USA email

Adrian Allan - Hope Bay late 1950's. I am trying to locate him as I think he was a member of West Leeds Old Boys RUFC who won the Yorkshire Cup in 1957. We are trying to get the team together and AA is the only member who we cannot locate. Can anyone help me? Barry Breakwell email.

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FIDS
Hope Bay, View Point, Detaille Island, Horseshoe Island
Bases D, V, W, V

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FIDS Hope Bay, View Point, Detaille Island, Horseshoe Island Bases D, V, W, V

FIDS
Hope Bay, View Point, Detaille Island, Horseshoe Island
Bases D, V, W, V