Glacier (WAGB 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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LCDR PAUL L. HAGSTROM LCDR Hagstrom came to the GLACIER In ttie summer of 1984 during the MMA period. He came from the Eighth District where he was Chief of the Naval Engineering Branch. Three afloat tours, graduate school and a spell at Headquarters round out his Coast Guard career. Deep Freeze ' 85 marked his first Anarctic deployment. The Commander resides in Irvine, CA with his wife Cathy and his children Christine and Jeffrey. He has been selected for Commander and will be promoted In the summer of 1985. This crew has exceeded all reasonable expectations In preparing for and completing our participation in Deep Freeze ' 85. Having accomplished so much with a newly formed crew, the possibilities for Deep Freeze ' 86 appear to be endless. We should all be proud of our contributions to returning Big Red to polar service. i»jiniii Is it really all that serious J Hey Buddy. Where can I get a suit like that?

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Captain Hewel is married to the former Roxie McMahon of Morgantown. NC and has two grown children, John and Lisa. He has had many varied and demanding assignments since joining the Coast Guard. Some of the more interesting and challenging include CO Coast Guard Loran Station Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands, XO USCGC MESQUITE, CO USCGC BASSWOOD, CO USCGC NORTHWIND, and XO USCGC GLACIER. He has also served as Chief, Ice Operations and Chief Marine Science Division. A veteran of several Artie and Anarctic deployments, he is well qualified to lead the crew of GLACIER on this expedition. CAPTAIN WILLIAM P. HEWEL GLACIER is a great ship, for over 20 years, starting with Deep Freeze I, GLACIER was the United States most powerful icebreaker and the mainstay of our Antarctic program. I feel even today GLACIER is the premier command in the Coast Guard, an effective and dependable polar veteran with exceptional science support facilities and the largest personnel complement of any cutter. And this crew may also be the most talented and hardest working that I ' ve ever had the p rivilege of serving with. This deployment has been, for all hands, the culmination of a lot of hard work, living with inconvenience, and learning by doing. During refresher training it became apparent that we had the necessary professionalism, leadership and spirit. I was excited to see our many capable individuals mold themselves into effective shipboard teams. Now this Antarctic deployment has provided the proper seasoning and esprit de corps. I ' ll never forget the pride I felt when one of the veteran scientist told me that he ' d been on many oceanographic vessels, but had never experienced the friendliness and cooperation that he had experienced on GLACIER. Definite Olympic material Welcoming Admiral Schubert on our return to Long Beach

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Sea Chanty When cuttermen they praise their ships We always say them nay. The finest is the breaker That was named for Glacier Bay. We ain ' t afraid of snow nor ice, No more of heavy seas. What if we stove her in a mite We ' ll pipe now duty D.C. With Captain Hewel at the conn She plows Antarctic seas. Now send the message loud and clear, You others Follow Me! So cheer up me lads, Let your courage never fail. While the bonny ship the GLACIER Goes ice breakin ' with the whales. So cheer up me boys. Let your courage never fail, While the bonny ship the GLACIER Goes ice breakin ' with the whales And when we go ashore again We ' ll go upon a spree. We ' ll spend our wages hard and fast And then go back to sea. f f Now GLACIER is the finest ship To ever break the ice. And if we don ' t get through at first We ' ll back and ram all night We ' ll make the ale-house for to ring, Our glasses raised on high. And all the girls in Portland, For to sing 0-hush-abye. We ' ll send the helos out ahead To scout and find the way. Then go where no ship s been before Into Pine Island Bay. So cheer up me boys, Let your courage never fail. While the bonny ship the GLACIER Goes ice breakin ' with the whales. Now raise your glass to absent friends, Wherever they may be. We never will forget them While GLACIER sails the seas.