FIDS - RRS Shackleton, Port Stanley
Kista Dan

Hazel Corlett - (1960 - 63) - Soberton, Hampshire email  Married name is now Beadle and I use my second name Diana. Worked in FIDS/BAS office.

Les Hamilton GM3ITN/VP8ITN (2002) - Clydebank  Great site to meet all my old FIDS pals from the 1950's to date still try to keep in touch with Antarctic Radio Ops. Any future ops I will be pleased to help them out as QSL manager!!!

Ian Joyner (1957 - 1961) - Based at Port Stanley FIDS Radio Station - currently at Petworth, West Sussex  email I was stationed at the Port Stanley FIDS Radio Station.

Suzy (Packer) Tabor. (1981-1983) Cable & Wireless, Port Stanley - Hobart, Tasmania email available

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Terry Betts (TSB) (1966-69, 4 seasons), London  email  Look forward to hearing from anyone who knows me.

R W Forrester - "Nature Boy" (1956 57)  - Washington Tyne and Wear.  Would like to hear from Harry Dangerfield he was on the Shackleton in1956 I was a catering boy at that time,  I also remember Gordon Farquer. - incomplete email supplied - could you resend?

Mike Gloistein (Bransfield, Ernest Shackleton and James Clark Ross - 1990 to present) email  JCR or Perthshire.  Still working for BAS

Graham Jones, Bases B & F & RRS Shackleton (1965 to 1969) - Thame, Oxfordshire  email  DEM at Deception Island 1966, Argentine Island 1967 and third engineer RRS Shackleton 1968/69

John (Jack) Neillis - (1973/1974) - Crieff, Scotland  email  Sailed on "RRS Shackleton" from 1972 to 1978.I was in the engine room as a donkey/greaser. Antarctic trip was 1973/74.Captain was George Selby-Smith. Will be delighted to hear from anyone who may remember me. Rodger Chamberlain, now master of "DISCOVERY" was deck-boy around that time.

Douglas Toal (John Biscoe / Shackleton - late 50s/ early 60s)  Stranraer Scotland.  I would love to hear from anyone who worked beside my late brother Terry Toal who was on the John Biscoe and the Shackleton some time in the late 50s or early 60s. He told me a story of how the Biscoe was damaged by ice and the crew had to dump there cargo and make for Montevideo.  email available

Note - the "old" RRS Shackleton is still working as the renamed MV Sea Profiler

The ship was built in 1954 by Solvesborgs Varv A/B at Solvesborg (Southern Sweeden) originally named "Arendal". She was renamed "Shackleton" in 1955 and was known as this until 1983 when renamed "Geotek Beta". She was renamed again in 1984 to "Profiler", this was then amended to "Sea Profiler" in 1992.

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Sue Dowling (2003) - King Edward Point, RRS Ernest Shackleton.  email  Evesham, Worcs.  Wintered at KEP 2003, then spent the following season as ship's doc on RRS Ernest Shackleton (lucky enough to visit bases A, B, BI, F, H, J, M, O, R, W and Z - oh, and X lots of times...). Enjoyed it so much I spent the 2004-5 summer season at Port Lockroy with two hairy blokes.

Bjørn Larsen  (1961) - Lindet Denmark. email  Want too hear from somebody there are had been with Kista Dan

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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.

Harry Dangerfield ,Lee Rice, or Gordon Faquar, Shackleton in 1956 would really appreciate it. email to webmaster in first instance  Walter

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