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Bird Island Base

FIDS South Georgia and Bird Island
- Bases BI, M

 BI - 54°00'S, 38°03'W
M - 54°17'S, 36°30'W

BI- occupied 22/09/82 - present
KEP- occupied intermittently from 01/01/50 22/03/01 - present

Grytviken ans South Georgia
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South Georgia- M, King Edward Point - KEP and  Bird Island - BI

Don Taylor (Rothera, Halley, Signy, Faraday, South Georgia - 1984/85, 1993-2004)  Willingham, Cambs

1970's

Capt Ric Airey, SG, Adelaide, Rothera, etc. - 1974-1980 - Edinburgh, Scotland    Out of the ether, all you lovely people, hello and well met, hope every one still clinging to the wreckage, they finally found me out after 32 years in the air and grounded me, flew south with American cousins but BAS wont have me not surprising with mother superior still in charge grin, she's done well for a primary school teacher with a rubber fetish. Damn it i have missed you all wonder where Mex Merson, Howard Platt, Gerry Lawson are now .ref history being r/o skeletons I can do particularly the funny ones see doggerel BAS club letter 34 , also why is Nigel Leader-Williams not yet prime minster, and Howard my dads still alive and still my hero. Sea ice fast and plateau clear sledge dog days remain most dear xxricxx

Bob Bell, South Georgia 1978 - Sunderland email  I spent the best three years of my life on South G. studying Fur Seals. I'd love to hear from anyone else who was there at the same time.

B. Graham Bell, South Georgia (1971 - 2) - Penicuik, Scotland  email

Ted Evans (summer 72/73 - South Georgia, Halley, Signy) - Yorkshire   Worked on south G slipway with Big Al..then new base at Halley,& then to Signy (genny shed base) where I broke my leg & had a nice voyage back with my leg in plaster.

Bob Goodall (1975,1976) Sydney  email  Hi I didn't know this site existed, I just got lucky! I have seen a few guys over the years but I have moved around a lot and lost touch. Good to see my best man is among those included in the list.

Albert Hart (Summer 71/72) - Blandford, Dorset    Builder - Wintered KEP 1971, Summer Signy (1971/72)

Clive Johnson (1975 to 1977) - Buxton, Derbyshire    Later worked out of Rothera (1977 to 1979). Now run a company supplying logistical support to geological research projects in the High Arctic.

Dave Matthews (1965/66) - Nr. Inverness, Scotland email  Stonington, also Horseshoe Is. midwinter 1965 & S. Georgia summer 1979-80 Numerous summer seasons in Arctic, mainly East Greenland.

Brian Moore (1976) - Largs, N. Ayrshire, Scotland  

Steve Norris, South Georgia / Halley (1974. 1975), Havant  email  Also served as Electrical Eng on board the John Biscoe from 1977 to 1981 and on the Bransfield from 1994 to 1999

Bob Sanders (South Georgia - 1974, 1975) Maidenhead, Berkshire 

Neil Simpson, Hugeo. South Georgia / Faraday - 1977-1981, Huntingdon Cambridgeshire  Traveled down on RRS John Biscoe. Catering officer at South G for 3 1/2 years with a break ,down to Halley Bay and Signy etc. on the Bransfield Some of the best years of my life with some amazing people.

Fred Vann, South Georgia (1974 & 1976), Wiltshire A fascinating episode in my life and I retain fond memories of my two tours as radio man there   no current email

1980's

Bob Forster (Grytviken; Signy Is. 1979-81; 1981-82) - Truro, Cornwall   

1990's

James Hurley (Big Jim and Abe) - (Signy, Halley & Bird Island - 1988-1991, 1996, 1997) - Bristol, UK   

2000's

John Clemens, (2003) - hanging out in Cornwall. email  General chilling out in little old Cornwall doing some farming at the mo, got to see some cold stuff again some time .

Joe Corner (Halley, Bird Island, Signy - 2008, 2010, 2011) - Crewe Cheshire    I am from Crewe in Cheshire, and wintered at Halley in 2008, Bird Island 2010, and summered at Signy 2010/11. I was electrician on all 3 bases.

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.

Ian Parsons (snips) (2003) - King Edward Point  email Cardiff. Wintered KEP 2003. Currently trying to escape the PermaFid cycle.

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