1960's
Grisham, Paul O. (1968) - La Mesa, CA, USA.
Winter-over meteorologists (USN) in 1968. Will be happy to talk to any of
the ice rats...
Robert McNeish - NavNuPU PM3A*
- (1967) - Summerville, SC, USA What a change from when I arrived
and to see the building that is being used today to house and feed the
crew. What a Change!! - email available
* - It means I was one of
those guys up on the hill at the Nuclear Power Plant. I was not
a Nuke, Just the unit supply man. The definition is Naval Nuclear
Power Unit (PM-3A). The PM-3A was the letter designation assigned
to that particular Unit. Also up on the hill in one of the buildings
was the water distillation units. The second was installed during
w/o 67-68. In the same building was two large water tanks, one full
of salt water, the second full of fresh water that supplied down
town.
ET2 Frank Nadeau - (1962 -63 Winter Over) - Virginia, USA.
Wintered over 1962-63. Worked in the Comm Center halfway up the hill.
Moved the Electronic spare parts from a snow bank outside the Comm Center
down to the second deck of a newly constructed warehouse. New pictures
don't allow one to figure out where the old buildings were. PM3A provided
power when it was up. We lived in T-5 huts where the guy on the bottom
bunk slept in a down mummy bag and the guy in the top bunk just used
a sheet. - email available
Ed North (1966) - Wolcottville In.
US
Summer with crash crew at Willy Field, wintered at fire house in town.
At that time I was CM 3 with the Sea Bees. ASA
Paul Rhoads (Hallett /McMurdo - winter over 66-70, summer
support 71-72) - Houston, Tx. USA
Bob Seiders (1961-1963) - Florida
NSFA aerographer's mate. Also at Little Rockford Station early 1963
Bob Serpan (COMNAVSUPPFOR - 1962-1964) - Wichita,
Kansas - email available
Rich Spatz (1968) - Pleasant Hill, Ca U.S.A. I spent the summer
of 1967 at Longwire a sub station of Byrd. I spent my winter at McMurdo.
The Navy called us usarp's. Would love to go back. - email available
1970's
David Boyer (1972-1976) - Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Dale "Beef" Cockrill (Winter Over 1970) - Cartersville, Georgia
In search for W/O '70 crew members.
IC2 Kim W Davis (1976-1981) - Stuart, FL
Dave Dubois (1973) - North Berwick, ME. Was leading storekeeper
at McMurdo that wintered-over 1972-73. Remember many good times (Sunset,
mid winter and winfly parties). And who can forget time spent in CHI-CHI.
Was also attached to summer support 1978-1979, but didn't deploy to
ice. Looking for all that wintered-over with me. We have a reunion every
two years. - email available
John Gasperetti (1974-1974, 1982-1984) - Renton, Washington
email I was
stationed with the Seabees during the 1974-75 and 1982-1984 summer seasons.
I ran the bake shop in the evening and would like to get in contact
with all others that were there during that time frame. Great times,
great people and of course great parties! My daughter actually went
there a few years back working for Raytheon, had a great experience.
Jim "Igor" Kaelin (1977 - McMurdo and Willie Field)
- Park Hills, KY
Bob Lawyer (McMurdo & Pole 1971 - 1974) - Albany, NY
email Loved it, would
like to go back, "in a heartbeat". Hauled a British radio physicist
around on a skidoo for 3 months, camped out 2 miles from the old pole
station nights in a row in a tent. Nice.
Ray Lish (1975-1977) - San Diego, Ca.
email
Duane Paul AG1 (1976-1980) - Summer support McMurdo - Newberry,
Michigan
I was with NavSupFor from 1976-1980, Weather briefer/flight forecaster in
McMurdo and Christchurch N.Z.
H. Lee Sigler (1972-1973) - Early, Tx 76802
email Winter Over GCA
Technician for Willy Field, was ET1 at the time, retired as ETC in
August 84.
Jim Stilburn - (1971) - Victoria, Canada
email Wintered
over 1970-71. Operated the Riometer facility for McDonnell-Douglas Astronautics
Co. behind Crater Hill, 3 miles from the base.
Kevin Utecht (1972) - Minnesota
Winter over 1971-1972, then spent 6 months stationed tad in Christchurch,
NZ
Bill Ypsilanti "Bear" (1970) - McMurdo Transmitter Site -
Mesa, Arizona To the DF70 Crash and Burn Club, Greetings from
the Transmitter Site. Man what a rush! - email available
1980's
Mary Amerson (1980-81) - St Petersburg FL, USA
email I was in the Navy
and stationed with VXE-6. I went down to the ice for 6 months. Did a
bit of travelling since I worked for our maintenance officer. I went
to the south pole, Scott base, the dry valleys, and on a helo ride over
part of the polar plateau to name a few. Can't get it out of my head.
Most awesome experience of my life.
Kara Barnes (1988, 1989, 1990 - 91) - Sacramento, CA
email I worked in the
personnel office for NSFA. I was a PN3 and spent 3 summers in Antarctica.
Kimberly Brown (1986 -1987) - Denver, Colorado
email Wintered Over Crew
1986-1987. I worked as a Draftsperson, Electricians Helper, Carpenter's
helper, etc. Hello to all that the adventurous souls who wintered over!
I still remember the winter-over softball games, trips to Black Island,
weekends to the Ski Chalet, and most notably the "Delta Force" for all
of the good times. God Speed!
Craig Bush (EO2) (1983-1984 (w/o)) -
Crestwood KY
OAEA is scheduling a bi-annual reunion in Houston TX in Nov 2010.
Any winter-overs from 83/84 drop me a line. Hope to see you there!
Kevin Call (1979-1982) - El Segundo, CA, USA
email EX LC-130 navigator.
Mark Cohen (ut2) (1982) - West Branch, Mi
Water plant
Joe Cmor (ET1(SW)) - (1984) - Darien, New York, USA
Wintered-Over 1984. Retired from U.S. Navy 1994. Lives and works near Buffalo,
N.Y.
Mikell D. Dyer, Mike or Chap (1993/94) - Pomaria, SC, USA
I was the only US Navy Data Processing Tech. (First Class) supporting all
the PC and Mainframe computers with he help of a junior Petty Officer.
I got the nickname of "CHAPS" because I was the Lay Minister that preached
each Sunday and held a bible study. What a GREAT time !!!! However,
I missied the birth of my only child on 12/10/1993. But, everything
worked out for the best. I would go back again if asked :)
Randy Edgerly (1988) - Ballston Spa, New York
Looking for SW2 Paul Dunstan
John Gasperetti (1974-1974, 1982-1984) - Renton, Washington
email I was
stationed with the Seabees during the 1974-75 and 1982-1984 summer seasons.
I ran the bake shop in the evening and would like to get in contact
with all others that were there during that time frame. Great times,
great people and of course great parties! My daughter actually went
there a few years back working for Raytheon, had a great experience.
Bill Graney (1979 - 1983) - Simi
Valley CA
Mike Griesman (W/O 1988) - Charleston SC
33rd W/O crew. Air traffic Control
Andy Holesha (1986, 2005) - Biloxi, Mississippi,
USA.
Ed Holton (1987 - 1991) - Douglas, AZ, USA. NSFA Medical.
email I was Leading Petty
Officer of NSFA Medical from 1987 through 1991 and made 4 deployments.
My last time was spent as the Senior Medical Dept. rep in Christchurch.
I would like to hear from any shipmates that were there at that time,
as well as any current personnel of McMurdo medical. I was the last
Navy X-Ray Tech permanently assigned to NSFA Summer Support.
Scott Hudson aka Napier Waggon (1987-1989) -
Baghdad, Iraq
1987-1989 at McMurdo was a magical time with some of the best people
I have ever known in my travels.
Kim Joines (1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990) - Christchurch,
New Zealand - email available
Peter van Kampen (PvK) (1990) -
Switzerland
Down on the ice with the
Kiwi Huey team Nov-Dec 1990. Actually trying to find "Mouse" the
photographer from VXE-6 and Pt Mugu...
Greg Laubert PR2 (1984 - 86) - Mays Landing NJ
Came to the ice 84-95 season, the rest spent in Chch. I loved it all!
Chris Murphy (1988) - Seabeck, WA Was in the Navy as
a Seabee and Wintered Over with a small crew of about 80 people. Good
times but not too sure of doing another winter there. Lot's of
good memories and great people. - email available
Sandy Nagle (1986) - Clayton, NC I was part of a USMC
unit that provided live TironN and NOAA data with a deployable self
contained unit, MARK IV. I was an electronic technician - email available
Dave Olsen (1986,87,88,89) - Basom, NY
email NavPolarOceanCom ice
observer, also worked aboard M/V Greenwave
Mike Osterhouse (1983, 1997, 1998) - Elizabeth City, NC
Worked in the weather office
Rodney "TJ" Petrin Jr (1981 - 1986) - Sunapee, NH -
email I was a member of Operation
Deep Freeze from 1981 - 1986 as Summer Support. I deeply miss the "ice"
and would have given anything to get back. I remember the smell of fuel
in the air, the crispness, the herbies, and my old radio show, Late
Night McMurdo on AFRTS. I will ALWAYS treasure my times on the ice and
hope to get into contact with others I knew there, like Kim Joines.
Stephen Provost (1987-1990) - Dover Foxcroft Maine Postal
Clerk at McMurdo Station from December 1987 to Feb 1990. Summer support.
- email available
Jim (Rev) Riley (1981) - Utah - email available
Gary Stanton (1982) - email available
Brian Stierman ABF (1985) Denver, CO - email available
Jim Terrace (1983) - Madison Ohio -
Would like to hear from old friends, please reply.
Liana (Lee Ann) Turner - Willy Field II, Willy III, McMurdo,
Black Island (1984) - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
1990's
Greg Albert (Beardmore South Camp 1990-91) - Belmont, MS
AG2 Upper-Air supervisor and assistant forecaster. Worked in ops. Went to
Beadmore to open it up with Mike Dera and crew for about 8 weeks.
Dan Aldous (1995,1996, 1997) - Idaho
Tim Anderson (92 and 96 Winter Over) - Yokosuka, Japan
email Retired from the
US Navy in 2007. Went back to work for the US Navy as a civilian. I'm
now in Yokosuka, Japan.
Steve Carson (97-99) - Florida - email available
Christopher Erb (1994-1996, 1997-1998) - St Louis, Mo
Looking for friends of my time on ice!!!
Jason Gilmer (1993) - Augusta, MI. USA - email available
Bob (Space Puppy) Horneij (1990) - Orlando, FL
Landed Oct. 13th (Friday) 1989 and flew out Oct. 10, 1990, after a awesome
Winter Over. Being a UT1, my main Winter project was to rebuild the
ice pier! Quite the challenge! Most the summer was spent at Marble Point.
Loved it! It was tough, but wow!!!
Peter van Kampen (PvK) (1990) - Switzerland
Down in Antarctica with the NZ
Huey crew (Aircraft tech at McMurdo). Actually trying to locate
"Mouse" from VXE-6 and Point Mugu Ca. 20 years on.
nancyhannah (1996-2001) - Grand Rapids, Minn.
Robert Japp (1991) - Mexicali, Mexico
Richard Jarvis (1995) - Allen, TX
Tom Hoog aka Joeguy ('91 and Oct 92 - Oct93) - Reno, Nevada
Looking for anyone who remembers me from winter over 91 or the year I spent
92 to 93
Thomas Learned (WO 94, 96,97 99) - Working in the Middle East
email Ironworker,
Rigger Foreman, FMC WO Supervisor
Art Manke (usn-seabees, McMurdo 1990) - Jackson, Michigan
- email 36th winterover crew
Feb. 91 thru Oct 91, cargo hill rehab and ice pier reconstruction thru
the winter. any thoughts or questions please contact me
Ed Matheson - Mister Ed (1989,1990,1991) - Portland, Or. US
of A
I flew in on the 1st C-5 flight into The Ice in 1989, spent 3 summers working
out of the MEC as a science support mechanic. Flew out to remote camps
many times and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Got out to several
of the historic hut sites, the Dry Valleys, and made the tourist turnaround
to the South Pole Station. Was bestowed with the honor of Mr. Icestock
for the endurance I displayed moshing with the best of them...My brother
Don, followed my lead, and worked the Heavy Shop and as machinist from
'90 to '92. Good times...
HMC (SW/FMF) Craig "Doc" McLain (W/O 96-97) - currently on
USS PORTER (DDG 78). Last active duty group to W/O Operation Deep
Freeze 96-97 - email available
Mike Osterhouse (1983, 1997, 1998) - Elizabeth City, NC
Worked in the weather office
Will Pontious (1996) - Norfolk, VA USA
Wintered Over in 95-96.
Jim "Harry" Reams (1990) - San Diego
Ca
Looking for anyone who wintered the same year I did. - email available
Dale Role (1993-95,1998-2000) -
email Coon Vally, WI
James Stine (McMurdo + South Pole
- 1990, 1992, 1994) - Prior Lake, MN, USA
Very nice site, makes me home
sick
Bill Watson (1994) - Traverse city Michigan
email Winter over
1994 worked as a g.a. with u.t's lost contact with all
Bob Wiles, I remember the -120 mid-winter
air drop! Frekkin cold!! Fresh fruit!! That was great! Contact me!!
Darrin Wixo "Wix" (1991-92) - Moorhead USA.
email There was a
GA from Iowa (red headed) that helped us riggers out on Black Island
for a stint. Was really really funny. Didn't have a clue about
rigging but kept us up beat. Our Microwave Engineer also wondering where
she went to work as the cell boom hit a couple years after being there.