, --. I . .— , • sSNdsSy ,    =- — - h •: v •■o • - . • . t • ■3- • S ■' y 2£sL w IN 10« • -. USCGC GLACIER WAGB-4 DEEPFREEZE 1986 m CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF POLAR SERVICE DEDICATED TO: The crew of the Glacier, past and present, for all the hard work and pro- fessionalism they have. Thanks to them this vessel is known throughout the world for the scientific ventures it has completed. THE BELGIAN PLAQLT. DF59 Received for freeing the Belgian ship POLARHAY from a heavy ice pack, then proceeding to escort the POLARHAY outside the ice. where Glacier embarked the Belgian scientists with their supplies and equipment and headed back into the ice toward the Bried Bay IGY station. Despite freezing temperatures and heavy gales. Glacier off-loaded the relief scientists and their equipment and embarked the previous year ' s wintering-over Belgians from their station and transported them back to the POLARHAY which was waiting outside the ice pack. NAW UNIT COMMENDATION For being the first surface ship to successfully penetrate to the coast of Antarctica in the Bellingshausen Sea. NA Y MERIT )R10L ' S I NIT C )MMENDATI )N For being the first vessel in history to purposely sail into and explore the western half of the Weddell Sea. NA Y MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION DF71 For facing harsh climate conditions and around-the-clock operational sche- dules to carry out their vitally important mission. NAW MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION DF78 For assuming full responsibility for breaking the ice channel into McMurdo Station under the most severe weather conditions in recent years. COAST GUARD UNIT COMMENDATION DF83 While experiencing tremendous engineering difficulties. Glacier not only completed her missions, but also assisted other units which led to the over- all success of the VS. mission in Antarctica. COAST GUARD MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION From 16 May 83 to 5 April 84 during Glacier ' s Major Maintenance Availability ( MMA ; Shipyard Repair Period. 48 officers and crew were assigned to Con- tract Inspection Detail (CID) with the primary goal of performing quality- assurance inspections of all work performed by contractors The dedication and team work performed by personnel assigned to Glacier reflects credit upon themselves, their unit and the United States Coast Guard. COAST GUARD UNIT COMMENDATION From 1 April 84 to 1 Nov 84 while reactivating from shipyard, Glacier attended Refresher Training tREFTRA) Her superb improvement in material condition and excellent performance at REFTRA are most heartily com- manded and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the L S( ' .( i NAW MERIT )RI( H S I NIT C( IMMENDATION DF74 For successfully completing their missions during extremely harsh weather conditions and hazardous operational extigencies. TABLE OF CONTENTS The Command History Preparation for DF Operations and Missions Ports Of Call Life Underway Operations Division Engineering Division Supply Division Medical Division Deck Division Aviation Division Scientists Thank You Sailors Of The Cruise Coming Home Awards and Presentations Sailing List Tribute COMMANDING OFFICER CAPT WILLIAM P. HEWEL Captain Hewel is married to the former Roxie McMahon of Morgantown, N.C. 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 Arctic and Ant- arctic deployments, he is well qualified to lead the crew of Glacier once again to Antarctica. ABOVE: It ' s lonely at the top. RIGHT: Capt Hammond discusses the Glacier on the trip up from San Francisco, with Capt Hewel prior to relieving him. EXECUTIVE OFFICER CDR PAUL L. HAGSTROM 4 L Commander Hagstrom came to the Glacier in the summer of 1984 during the MMA period He came from the Eighth District where he was Chief of Naval Engineering Branch. Three afloat tours, graduate school and a spell at Headquarters round out his Coast Guard career. Deep Freeze 86 marked his second Antarctic deployment as XO aboard Glacier. — r £f ABO t LT Glover. CDR Hagstrom and CW02 Cam Three more of the happy ' winners in the Coast Guards Exotic Cruise sweepstakes. LEFT: As ?nce between USCGC GLACIER HISTORY! THE BEGIN1NG Hello there! I ' m the United States Coast Guard Cutter GLACIER (WAGB-4), and I am delighted that you have pur- chased this book as it gives me a chance to tell you my side of the story. The 1986 cruise book commitee was hon- est enough to admit that no-one knew my history better than 1; so they agreed to let me narrate my exciting expe- riences. Oh, I ' m really tickled. Where should I start? Going back to when I was conceived would be the most logical place to begin. Follow me, - by the way - that became my proud motto through the years -and still is! Follow Me — and I will lead you through my thirty years of accomplish- ments. I had my keel laid on August 3, 1953, at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Company at Pascagoula, Mississippi; got my bottom christened on August 27, 1954, and was commissi- oned into the U.S. Navy as the USS GLACIER (AGB-4) on Mav 27, 1955. I ' m proud to say that I was the Navy ' s most modern and largest icebreaker, and contained the largest diesel electric plant afloat in the free world at that time. I was named after Alaska ' s Glacier Bay, and told I was the fourth Navy ship to bear that name. lam 310-feet long, have a 74-foot bust, and need a pool of water at least 30-feet deep to swim in. I can carry more than 20 officers and 300 enlisted, and 20 or more scientists. My ten 1 2-cyl- inder diesel engines are capable of generating 21,000 horse-power and drive my heavily-armored bow up onto and through the ice. To loosen gripping ice, my special build-in heelingsystem can inducean artificial ten-degree roll by shifting 69,000 gallons of fuel from side to side in 72 seconds flat. My twin 17 ' 2-foot diameter propellers can push my buxom 8,900-tons around the world non- stop with the 720,000 gallons of fuel I can carry. ? - - i fc ;- ' . THE FIRST DECADE - THE DECADE OF CHALLENGE Operation Deep Freeze I (1955-56) was my combination shake-down cruise and maiden voyage; in support of the United States participation in the first International Geophys- ical Year scientific program in the Antarctica, the head of which was Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, USN-Ret. After tow- ing a self-propelled gasoline barge (YOG) from New Jersey all the way to Port Lyttelton, New Zealand, one of the long- est tows recorded by an icebreaker, (my very first record), 1 made my first encounter with Antarctic ice in December 1955, (Whew, it was cold stuff!). After breaking through the Ross Ice Pack, I carved out an ice harbor in Kainan Bay to permit the offloading of cargo ships at the site of the Little America V scientific station on the Ross Ice Shelf. This was the same area of previous Little America stations established Only her bow visible, the Coast Guard icebreaker EASTW1ND waits tor the Navy ' s new giant icebreaker GLAQER to dispose oi her cargo at McMurdo Sound unloading point before moving in to off-load. Both icebreakers were shuttling between the cargo ship GREEW1LLE 1CT0RY anchored out in open waters and the unloading area. Cargo was hauled from this point by weasels and caterpillars to the Williams Air Operation Facility being built at Hut Point Ross Island. Part of this cargo was to be stockpiled at Hut Point for delivery to the Pole Station to be erected at geograp hical South Pole in 1957. earlier by Rear Admiral Byrd. who was onboard to supervise the construction of the new .Antarctic polar station, (how proud I was to earn. - him on this mission). Later. I continued 400 miles west to break ice into an offloading site for the establishment of the Naval .Air Facility at McMurdo Sound. On March 5. I ran aground on an uncharted shoal: and had to use my back full for 40 minutes before I managed to refloat myself. How embarassing: my first boo-boo! Anyway, I completed a voyage further westward around to the Wed- dell Sea. where I surveyed Vmcennes Bay in Wilkes Land. and sent the first landing party in history ashore on the Princess Martha and Princess Astrid coasts. Having almost completed rircum-navigating the continent by sailing from 1 60 W, westward to 1 8 -30 W, I returned to my homeport of Boston on 6 May, thus ending a rather successful 212 dav. 32.600 mile first vovage. The following year 1 was asked again to spear-head Deep Freeze II (1956-57). during which I made the earliest sea- sonal penetration in history through the almost perpetual ice belt which encircles the .Antarctic continent; taking just nine days to break through 800 miles of almost solid ice- pack arming at McMurdo Sound on October 28. 1956. .After completing supply deliveries at McMurdo and Little .America Y. I met and lead seven Navy cargo ships from New Zealand through the ice-pack to the two .Antarctic bases. During 12 and 13 November. 1 plotted by radar the largest iceberg yet on record 70 miles long by 30 miles wide. Later in January 1957. 1 escorted two more cargo ships into Vmcennes Bay off the coast of Wilkes Land located in the Indian Ocean side of .Antarctica, where the last of the seven .American bases for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) was to be contructed. Some of my crew worked along with Navy Seabees to help build the scientific base Let ' s see, what next? It ' s been a long time since anyone asked me to try and recollect. Oh yes! During Deep Freeze III, the IGY of 1957-58, I played icebreaker aircraft carrier, acting as a launching platform for extensive rockoon tests under the direction of Dr. James Van Allen, during which balloon-lifted rockets gained information useful to the Explorer satellite program. While assisting with these tests, 1 proceeded with my normal icebreaking, escorting ships and breaking channel into Little America, and conducting ocean- graphic studies in the Ross Sea Upon completion of my tour , I had broken out a record 26 million tons of ice. In December 1957, I received my third Commanding Officer at Little America in what is believed to have been the southern- most change of command afloat in the history of the U.S. Navy. After returning home, the summer of 1958, (I had been nick-named — Mighty G — by this time), found me venturing to the opposite end of the earth to participate in Operation SUNEC; the resupply of the North Polar radar and weather stations. While returning from Thule AFB Greenland, I rammed another uncharted shoal (Ouchee!), necessitating drydocking and overhaul of my bottom upon return to Bos- ton; having made my second boo-boo in three years. Oh well, — pobody ' s nerfect, whyht? Anyway, Deep Freeze IV (1958-59), which marked the end of the IGY programs, found me once agin the first ship penetrating the ice-pack. Following the resupply of McMurdo Station, I proceeded to Little America V to begin the de-acti- vation of that station. Then, while operating in the Terra Nova Bay area off the coast of Victoria Land, I conducted oceanographic studies; discovering two previously uncharted islands, and possibly the largest Emperor penguin rookery in the Antarctic! The rookery was home for more than 50,000 of these large penguins. (PHEW!! Know what I mean??) I discovered the disappearance of over 1,000 square miles of the Lady Newness Ice Shelf since it was first charted in 1912. I also became stranded for the first time for four days in the ice of Terra Nova Bay with a 10 degree list, a blade missing from each propeller, other blades damaged, and my starboard shaft bearing burned out; before finally being able to break free and head for Wellington, New Zealand, and 21 days of drydocking. Upon returning to the Ross Sea area, an unexpected mission came up which cut short my exploring curriculum for the season. That was the assistance I gave the Belgian Expedition ship POLARHAV near Breid Bay, halfway around the Antarctic continent from me. Upon completion of this goodwill mission, I headed for South America and the long trip home. With the United States con- tinuing its scientific programs in the Antarctic, I made Deep Freeze 1960 and the following annual Antarctic Operations; which became identified from then on by fiscal year, rather than by Roman numerals. They told me that during the IGY Years I - IV, U.S. participation had average 44 aircraft, 10 ships, and 4200 personnel each year. I feel pretty good about having been a part of that important era of Antarctic history. Let ' s see, to get back to Deep Freeze 60 (1959-60), that was the Navy ' s fifth Antarctic support operation. Once again I went into McMurdo, and followed that by the first explora- tion and penetration of the Bellingshausen Sea area I recorded depth soundings and collected oceanographic and cartographic data in the vicinity of Thurston Peninsula, and along the ice shelf of the Eights Coast; as well as setting up an automatic weather station on Noville Peninsula In late February, I was called uppon to assist the Argentine ice- breaker GENERAL SAN MARTIN and the Danish ship KISTA DAN. Both ships were beset in ice in the vicinity of Marguer- ite Bay along the Palmer Peninsula The GENERAL SAN MARTIN managed to free herself, but it was necessary for me to free the KISTA DAN from the ice trap and escort her to open water, — my first rescue mission! On my way home I stopped at Buenos Aires, Argentina and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Here my crew learned that a major flood had occurred in northeastern Brazil, so we departed Rio and proceeded to the distressed area to assist the flood victims. We spent two weeks in the Fortaleza and Pamaiba, Brazil area; using my helicopters and two LCVP ' s to aid in the flood relief program; then we proceeded homeward arriving in Boston April 20. That was an exciting Deep Freeze - I thought. Next was Deep Freeze 61 (196061). my sixth voyage to the Antarctic region. I departed Boston October 13. 1960. and arrived in Lyttefton. NZ on November 21. There I took on supplies destined lor the Antarctic bases, including sev- eral tons of explosives and construction materials for use at the proposed nuclear reactor site at McMurdo Base. Most of December was spent breaking a 21-mile channel through the fast ice of McMurdo Sound opening the way to the base for supply shqis. On December 24. upon the arrival of the smaller Wnd class icebreakers. I departed McMurdo for Lyttleton and then Wellington for drydockmg and repass, which included the usual replacement of my propeller blades broken during channel operations. During my stay in Wellington. I received a rare peacetime award the Navy Unit Commendation. This award was for my Bellingshausen achievement of Deep Freeze 60 as part of Task Unii 43.13. How rice my crew looked at the full dress ceremony, we were all very proud We departed Wellington January 29. 1961. enroute to the .Amundsen Sea area to rendezvous with my cousin USS STATES ISLAND | AGB-5 and commence an exploratory expedition into the frozen Amundsen and Bell- ingshausen Seas. The coast of Thurston Peninsula was sighted on February 6. and 1 headed into the Bellingshausen Seas. The coast of Thurston Peninsula was sighted on Feb- ruary 6. and I headed into the Bellingshausen. During Deep Freeze 60. if you remember. I had penetrated this ice4Illed sea. but this time I went still farther making observations and charting coastlines along the icebound Eights Coast putting scientists ashore where no man had stepped before. On February 11. I finally reached the eastern extremity, where my helicopters by chance spotted the University of Wisconsin ' s Ellsworth Highland Traverse, just completing its overland trek from Byrd Station to a site on the Eights Coast The meeting of the two expeditions ' leaders onboard commemorated a significant although unexpected, rendez- vous in Antarctic history. On March 23. having completed the season ' s operations, I beaded for the ports of Montevi- deo. PJo de Janeffo. and San Juan arriving home on .April 27. where 1 underwent repair and overhaul, spending most of the summer months in the Boston Naval Ship} nard Early faQ found me on my way to my seventh .Antarctic operation as a member of DF 62. Transiting the Panama Canal on October 14 I took a direct route to Lyttleton arriv- ing November 3 There I took on fuel and tons of cargo des- tined for Antarctic bases. Left Leytelton November 9. and entered the belt of pack ice gating the continent where 1 rendezvoused with a tanker, cargo vesseL and two smaller icebreakers. I led them through TOO rrdes of ice sometimes five to seven feet thick, arriving at McMurdo Sound on November 18. I then began breaking the earliest channel ever attempted in Deep Freeze history, progressing at the rate of two miles a day. On November 27. with a 16 mile channel broken through the ice I towed the tanker and cargo vessel to the mooring sites along side the ice shelf for offloading. This was the earliest date that supply ships had ever been able to reach and off load at McMurdo Base Returning to Wellington I entered drydock for replacement of my badly damaged propellers, my repetitive casualties of my annual battle with the ice of McMurdo Sound Drydock- ing also gave my bruised bottom a chance to rest Crunch- ing ice is like walking on graveL it smarts — believe me!! Getting my blades dinged up or ripped off doesn ' t exactly tickle either! How would you like getting one or two toes yanked off your foot even - year — know what I mean?? ADM Arieigh A. Bute. USV Chief of Nasal Operasons is presented witfi a plaque by a Belgian Officer while attending operation SHAPEX iff at Camp VoiuceauL near Paris. France, in June I960. The plaque, which win be deli- vered to the LSS GLACIER I AGB-4). commemorates ai ship ' s relief of fte Belgian Antarctic Exped on in February 1939L The USS GIACIER (AGB-4) opening up the channel of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze 63. ■• • v. A  . Are you sure I ' m not boring you? I ' m trying to give you just some of the high-lights without going into too much detail. Why d on ' t you get another cup of coffee before I continue? There; — better? Okay now, where did I leave off? Oh, yes. We departed New Zealand ' s capital January 3, and spent a week at Port Lyttelton provisioning before returning to the ice at McMurdo to take aboard observers and special personnel trained in Antarctic research. On January 21, I steamed independently from McMurdo on a voyage of sur- vey and exploration along the Ross Ice Shelf, and the little- town coast of Marie Byrd Land. During the latter half of the month, a survey of 400 miles of the shelf was completed. While confirming charts of the Marie Byrd Land coast and carrying out hydrographic work, events a thousand miles away brought an end to my scientific endeavors on Febru- ary 5. The fast ice at McMurdo had begun to break out, threatening equipment and cargo still in the process of being transferred from offloading sites to McMurdo Station. On February 9 I was back at McMurdo, the voyage of explo- ration, however, it achieved some highly significant results; namely, the plotting of over 1,000 miles of shoreline from 167 E to 130 W. I remained at McMurdo most of February to assist with the mooring of other ships, provide helicopter support, and aid in the preparation for the seasonal evacua- tion of the station. Finally on February 28, I took on cargo and passengers for the return trip to New Zealand. Arriving there March 6, we received word that my services would be required for yet another mission in the ice. Boy, was my crew ticked; we were supposed to head for home! It was reported that the vessel REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA resupplying the South African scientific station on the Prin- cess Martha coast of Antarctica ' s Queen Maud Land, was caught in the ice with a damaged propeller. More than half- way around the Antarctic continent from McMurdo, the ship was unable to free herself from the thick ice. On March 8, the South African government made an official request for U.S. icebreaker assistance, and I received my orders to — GO!. Looking back, I guess my reputation as Mighty G had become world-wide. Anyway, off I went on March 15 for the long 5,400 mile journey to the stricken ship. While halfway there, on March 22, the South African ship informed us that the ice had broken up. The next day, word was re- ceived that the ship had freed herself and was progres- sing northward to open water. Our rescue mission was terminated, we turned toward Capetown, South Africa, arriving April 2. I was escorted into port by the South African Navy and received a fly-over from their Air Force. The South African government and citizenry of Capetown did everything possible to make our visit a happy, interesting, and rewarding experience for my crew. I in turn, had open house , with more than a thousand persons visiting me for guided tours. Depar- ting April 5, we then visited Rio de Janeiro and San Juan before completing my around the world voyage which was a neat trip, even if we did get back later than planned. Mighty G (name does sort of grow on you, doesn ' t it?) turned right around and departed September 17 for the eighth season of Antarctic operations (1962-63). We tran- sited the Panama Canal September 28, and arrived in Lyttel- ton on October 21 for 11 days of final preparations, before heading for the continent on November 2. By the 14th 1 had reached the fast ice and was breaking a channel into McMurdo Station, 63 miles farther south. Upon completion of that job, it was back to Wellington (Yeeeah!) for drydock- ing and my annual new blades. Upon completion of repairs, I returned to McMurdo to tow cargo ships to their offloading sites. Due to the unusually heavy ice conditions in the Sound that year, my customary exploration trips were canceled, and I remained on scene clearing the channel and escorting supply ships: very routine, very dull. But I got to go back to Wellington the end of January for another two weeks of drydocking (two vacations in one trip. — how ' bout that? ) before departing for Boston. Once more after starring for home, we received the call to provide assistance to two ships. One of the ships, the THALA DAN. was beset in ice. while the other vessel, the NELLA DAN. had an ill seaman aboard. It took me until February 26 to come within helicopter range of the NELLA DAN and air evacuate the patient onboard The THALA DAN had been passed a day earlier as ice conditions had allowed her to free herself and proceed without assistance. On March 4. we armed at McMurdo station where the patient was placed on the last flight of the season ' s Deep Freeze operations to New Zea- land Finally, on March 11. I got to depart for the U.S.. with the 35.900 mile operation coming to a close for us, I arrived at Newport. Rhode Island, on .April 20 for two weeks of administrative and material inspections. YUCK! Double yuckl! How my crew and I hated them: especially after a long deployment. Boy. what nerve they had in those days! Finally I got to Boston, and spent a quiet summer at the Bethlehem Shipvard undergoing extensive preparations for Deep Freeze 64. My ninth Deep Freeze operation (1963-64) began October 4. 1963. We arrived at the Canal entrance and transited the same day. staying overnight at Rodman Na al Base for fuel. Nineteen days later. I moored at Lyttelton: where after a week ' s stay loading up. we headed for the .Antarctic ice. Once again the trip to the fast ice was interrupted, as we were called upon to give assistance to a sick seaman aboard the HMNZS ROL1TI. After a harrowing transfer by small boat in heavy seas, a successful appendectomy was performed on board during the worst of sea condtions. Shortly after the channel to McMurdo began to take shape. on November 22. I became the flagship of Task Group 43.1 when Captain Price Lewis. Jr.. shifted his flag from my cou- sin USS ATKA (AGB-3 ). The main channel was completed mid-December, and I proceeded to be instrumental in the recovery of the D-8 tractor from under 32-feet of water, where it had been lost the pre ious DF. We also recovered two 10-ton ice sleds adrift on an ice-floe. We spend Christ- mas and New Year ' s in .Antarctic waters, then headed for Hobart. Tasmania, late January for mid-patrol break, before heading south again for the second phase. That was a bummer . I missed my annual Wellington belly-rub and new skates . — know what I mean? Well anyway, the month of February was spent conducting a scientific survey of the little known Ross Sea Island On March 5. we departed McMurdo with 109 passengers bound for Lyttelton after a successful summer , and set sail March 21 for the long trip home. I arrived in Boston .April 21. concluding a highly successful participation in DF 64. and spent the summer in an interim overhaul status at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, and the Bromfield Corporation in East Boston. Upon completion of minor surgery and cosmetic face-lift . I left for New York City for my annual Operational Readiness Inspection (Brzzfft! ) and a weekend visit to the World ' s Fair lYeeeah!). returning home the end of July and remaining until the fall: giving my crew some much needed rest (and me tool). October 5 brought Deep Freeze 65. my 10th. The voyage to Panama was une entful and I transited the Canal easilv (see — 1 hadn ' t gained a single pound in ten years — 1 was still a trim 17.800.000 pounds!). During the 20day trip to Lyttelton. readiness training was emphasized. Arriving November 3. 1964. I was immedately made Host ship for .Antarctic Week festivities already in progress. During those two da -s 1 recehed more than 15.000 — count them — 15.000 New Zealand visitors. .After that refreshing stav. we turned to the annual task of cutting the ice of McMurdo Sound. The 19 miles of channel and the breaking of ice in Winter Quarters Bay was completed in 14 da -s. This enabled me to moor at Hut Point on December 5. the earliest sh ip arrival at this location in Deep Freeze history. The remainder of the month was spent escorting cargo ships into McMurdo Sta- tion. On December 20 I pulled my orders to proceed to Lyt- telton for resupply and rest . Got there the 26th and all hands enjoyed the New Year ' s holiday under the warm New- Zealand sun. On the third day of January in the new year of 1965. we set sail toward McMurdo. and arriving about Janu- ary 10. commenced the Western Ross Sea Islands. Balleny Islands. MacQuarrie Ridge Scientific Expedtion. Twenty-two scientists representing the United States. New Zealand, and Australia were on board to participate in this international expedtion. Investigations in the fields of oceanography, marine and terrestrial biology, geology, geodesy, and mag- netics were conducted. Mighty G was able to accomplish two .Antarctic firsts during the survey making the first known landng on Sturge Island. Completing the scientific surveys, we returned to Lyttelton in preparation for the long journey home, arriving .April 12 in Boston. The next month. May 27. marked the tenth anniversary of service for me. Since my commissioning. I had spent a decade of service in support of Deeep Freeze operations. Commemorating this occasion, the commanding officer at that time, CDR Fau- ghman. officiated at the traditional shipboard cake-cut- THE SECOND DECADE - THE DECADE OF CHANGE Both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard operated icebreakers until August 1965. when it was agreed that the operation would be more efficient in the hands of one ser- ice. The U.S. Coast Guard, having been delegated the sole responsibility for government icebreaking operations as a result of this agreement, arranged to transfer the Navy ' s five hea y-duty icebreakers to the Coast Guard within a period of a little more than a vear. First of the breakers to be trans- ferred was the USS ED1ST0 (AGB-2 ) on December 20. 1965; followed bv the USS STATEN ISLAND (AGB-5) on February 1. 1966; arid then the USS GLACIER (AGB-4) — that ' s me —on June 30. 1966. Following later were the USS ATKA AGB-3) in October, and USS BURTON ISLAND (AGB-1) in November, both in 1966. I was decommisioned by the Navy and lmmediatelv commissioned into the U.S. Coast Guard as the USCGC GLACIER (WAGB-4) at the Boston Naval Ship- yard on June 30. 1966: the first Coast Guard ship to bear that name I was still the newest and largest of the nation ' s icebreakers, and carried my proud service record over to the Coast Guard. After undergoing a major overhaul; the first thing the Coast Guard did was transfer me from Boston to my new homeport of Long Beach. California (Whoopie! — Sun — Surf — Disneyland — the Beach Boys — Hollywood — Frankie Avalon and beach parties — no more pahkin cahs in the gahrahge!! I. Arming August 24. 1966. 1 was readied for departure on my twelfth .Antarctic Deep Freeze mission by October of the same year. I had already made my eleventh trip to the .Antarctic, my last as a Navy icebreaker, in Deep Freeze 66: having departed Boston October 15. 1965. and returning .April 13. 1966. Since the Coast Guard had always operated with the Navy on .Antarctic and .Arctic misions: I, having been designed and built for sustained polar opera- tions, would continue my support of Navy scientific research activities in the polar regions as required under my joint agreements. .And continue I did Operating as a Coast Guard icebreaker didn ' t appear to be much more different then being in the Navy, except for my new coat of white paint. — which 1 thought was rather pretty. .After all — how many Miss America winners have vou seen in a Navy grev bathing suit — huh° I made my annual Deep Freeze trips in much the same manner as before, doing virtually the same jobs; always returning to the ever welcome ports of Lyttelton and Wel- lington for supplies, maintenance, rest and recreation amongst my friends and admirers. .After a routine DF 67. and my annual availability during the summer at Long Beach; Deep Freeze 68 saw me making the first major penetration and plot of the Weddell Sea during the course of which I plotted over 1100 ice bergs, some as big as 13 x 10 miles. Deep Freeze 69 brought my first Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation award for DF 68: and something new into our pattern of operations, as we spent our mid-patrol break in Valparaiso. Chile: for refueling, maintenance, and R R after having completed our arduous work in the Ross Sea .Alright! Leave it to the Coast Guard to come up with some- thing different! I missed my Wellington belly-rub. but the crew enjoyed the heck out of Yalpo ' for mid-patrol. Leaving rejuvenated, we returned south to continue exploration work in the Weddell Sea area at the completion of which, saw us homeward bound for a summer of rest. Just a thought — but do you realize I ' ve seen very few winters? I rest the summers in the northern hemisphere, and work the summers in the southern hemisphere. Deep Freeze 70 turned out to be one of my shorter trips to date. Departing on my 15th Deep Freeze on December 3. 1969. this one proved to be a close call for me, as I became beset in the ice while penetrating the Weddell Sea enroute to break out the beset .Argentine icebreaker GENERAL SAN MARTIN near Duke Ernst Bay. I was stranded from February 23 to March 5. during which wintering-ove r preparations were begun: before I finally broke loose and assisted in free- ing the .Argentine breaker. Nosiree. — no way was this gal going to winter-over, uh — ah. not me! Why. it would have taken them years to find us with that coat of white paint on me! I probably looked just like another ice berg! Anyway. while both of us retraced our steps out to open water. I was again put on alert to possibly assist the Japanese icebreaker JDS FUJI, beset in another part of the Weddell Sea The FUJI managed to extricate herself finally on March 19. despite the fact she was missing one of her three screws. I returned home to Long Beach and made preparations for my second trip to the .Arctic: my first venture into the western part. Departing Long Beach August 10. 1970. 1 headed for the Ber- ing and Chukchi Seas to carry out scientific research and exploration: returning from my first .Arctic West Summer November 10. and taking a much needed rest with imme- diate yard availability. Nineteen seventy-one dawned with me having missed my first Deep Freeze ever! Still in the yards. I completed my availability February 25. and departed on my first Arctic West Winter (A WW 7 1 ). showing the stuff I was made of as I took scientific parties to areas never before reached during the Arctic winter, conducting a Polar Icebreaker BELOW: LSCGC GLACIER (WAGB-4) in Winter Quarters Bay. McMurdo Sta- tion, Antarctica January 1 969. Operations Cook Inlet Mammal Survey. On March 9, while moored at Anchorage, Alaska, in Cook Inlet: I broke all six of my doubled-up mooring lines; striking and coming to rest against the port quarter of the SS PHILA- DELPHIA moored forward, with only my port anchor (which we had had the good sense to drop) holding me against the 7-8 knot currents and the 20-foot tides. WHEW! I tell you, - 1 was scared! I ' m glad thevquickb de- termined that icebreakers of m) size would be a hazard to ourselves and others if operated in the Cook Inlet area. We left there to do the Bering Sea Mammal Survey, and I haven ' t been back to Anchorage since. While doing the mammal survey, I became beset for the first time in the Arctic on March 1 5th, a nd drifted 42 miles in twenty-nine hours. My crew had to blast me free using over 250-lbs of explosives. I remember thinking, - 1 hope these guvs know what they ' re doing!! Luckily, that was the last time they took me up there in the middle of winter. We returned to Long Beach May 15, and did a quick get-ready for AWS 71, leaving August 20 headed in the direction I had just come from to do the West Beaufort Sea Ecology Cruise 7 1 , and to conduct an Emperor Seamount Survey, On mv way home, we made goodwill calls at Nakhopka, Russia; Sasebo, Kure, and Yokosuka, Japan; and stopped in Ho- nolulu, before arriving at Long Beach in November for an even quicker get-ready for DF 72. It was a little boring for me in Russia, as I was kept under guard and wasn ' t al- lowed to talk with any of the other ships there; but my crew found it interesting. Japan was nice though. Every- one was so friendly, and they talk so cute there you know : - thev kept calling me GR A IS HA . Anvwav,- during the short inport back in Long Beach, I received my second Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation award for DF 70 as a member of Task Force 43. Gosh, it looked like I was becoming a heroine. How nice for my super-great crews: it couldn ' t happen without them you know . Deep Freeze 72 saw us revisiting our familiar haunts in the southern hemisphere, and doing what had become second- nature to us in the Antarctic. A quick trip home, a short rest, and I found myself turned around departing June 28 for AWS 72; enroute to the Bering and Chukchi Seas again for West Beaufort Sea Ecology Cruise 72, and a North Slope Ice Scouring Survey. These north trips had also started to become routine for me, but to the natives of the area, I must have presented a strange appearance this trip. This was my very first venture out in my shiny new coat of fire engine red paint! Ding! Ding! Ding! Here I come - ready or not!! Any belief in the rumor that the polar bears stopped attacking me because they could finally distinguish between me and the ice bergs - is purely unfounded! No wonder my nick-nam e all of a sudden changed to — BIG RED. I have to admit, there seemed to be no end to the Coast Guard ' s surprises; it sure made life interesting for me. Completing our scientific work, we returned home in September and readied for my 17th Deep Freeze. Deep Freeze 73 started November 15, 1972, and was high- lighted by the deepest penetration of the Weddell Sea pos- sible, right up to the Ftlchner Ice Shelf in Gould Bay; also with the recovery of the two Norwegian current meters set out by my crew during DF 68. Returning April 1, 1973, I again prepared for another AWS and West Beaufort Sea Ecology Cruise 73; departing on July 9 with Dr. Rita Horner, the first woman scientist to be carried on these trips. Although thought had been given earlier in the year for a circum-navigation of the northern continent via the Northwest Passage, time commitments for up-coming cruises did not permit the carrying out of this idea (so thev said!). (Don ' t print this, but just between you and I: the ru- mor I heard was that the Guard was planning to build a new bigger ' breaker ' , a bigger red , and wanted it to be first round the top for the publicity they could get from it!) That ' s alright, I wasn ' t feeling too keen on The idea anvwav. 1 was really getting bushed from all these back-to-back trips. Let ' s see. We arrived back in Long Beach September 1, and made preparations during the next 57 days for an October 27 departure on DF 74: my eighteenth DF, in which I broke channel into Mc.Murdo along with my cousin LSCGC STAI ' EX ISLAND (WAGB-5), from December 30 through January 12, 1974. 1 then delivered a group of scientists and equipment to Casey Station, and spent the rest of the month conduc- ting seal studies along the Wilkes Land coast. This was the seventh consecutive annual study to determine this mam- mal ' s numbers, distribution, population make-up, and re- productive potential. This was the first extensive use of the new tranquilizer drug — ROMPLN — which proved highly successful. I was called away at the end of this sur- vey to escort the USNS MAUMEE, which had a damaged rudder, back to Wellington, arriving February 12. Arriving home a month later on March 13, I spent much needed time in the yards and drydock from about April 22 to August 26; with my availability continuing until my departure on Deep Freeze 75 on November 17. Now, my ninteenth Deep Freeze proved to be anything but routine. Upon arriving in Wellington, I was presented with my third Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation award for my participation in DF 74, again as a member of Task Force 43. My mid-patrol break the end of January was spent in Ushuaia, Argentina; the first time we ever stopped there. Returning to the Weddell Sea operating area March 1, I became beset for the third time in my south voyages; again while enroute to assist the Argen- tine icebreaker GENERAL SAN MARTIN which was beset near Erebus and Terror Gulf. By March 9. eighty-two of my crew had been evacuated off, with some fifty of them pro- ceeding as far north as Buenos Aires. Even with two blades missing off my starboard propeller; I finally managed to break free, turn myself around (although it took 12 hours to do so), and slowly break out toward open water. A close call — but — I told you I ' d never spend the winter in Antarctica! We arrived back in Ushuaia by March 15 and retrieved my scattered crew. The GENERAL SAN MARTIN freed herself when winds and ice shifted. Stops at Valpa- raiso, Callao, and Mazatlan rounded out an exciting DF 75 with our arrival home April 21, 1975. THE THIRD DECADE - THE DECADE OF TROUBLES A quick yard availability with unscheduled drydocking from May 1 to June 23 for the propeller damages suffered during DF 75 (I had resigned myself that I wouldn ' t be get- ting anymore belly-rubs or new blades in Wellington), and I was ready to depart July 15 for AWS 75 for continued Con- ductivity, Temperature, Depth, and Current Meter Stations in the Bering and Chukchi Seas; and do a MIZPAC Operation (Marginally Ice Zone Pacific). AWS 75 was unique primarily due to ice conditions reported to be the worst in 80 years. In the past, resupply ships and barges arrived at Ft. Barrow, Alaska, no later than August 22. During summer 75, 10 tugs and barges slipped past Pt. Barrow enroute to Prudhoe Bay on September 3, leaving the barges in the bay to winter- over. Vessels resupplying Pt. Barrow did not get through. Offloading would have been impossible due to shore-fast ice in the area. We arrived home September 30, and left for San Diego and an interim training period on October 6, upon the completion of which, we returned for a short 30-day home stay before being under way again November 20 for DF 76, my twentieth, which again proved to be a little out of the norm. A case of viral hepatitis was recorded onboard while at McMurdo Station; resulting in a 3-day quarantine of both me and the station, while all personnel were innoculated from January 5 - 8. The accidental electrocution of one of my fine young petty officers during rough weather January 21, 1976 recorded the first fatality in my life; a very sad experience for me and my crew. Services were held at the channel at Base McMurdo, and the remains flown home. Returning home .April 20. I did another quick about-tace and prepared for AWS 76: departing July 26 to cam out the Submarine .Arctic Warfare Project and SLAR Project demon- stration (Side Looking .Airborne Radar i Both projects proved to be a great success. During this cruise I discovered a slew of shallow uncharted reefs around 72 -037 1 161 -5CAV. Hav- ing bumped my butt on uncharted shoals several times. I know how it feels. - not good! Consequently. I guess they have become an obsession with me. as I am constantly on the look out for them. We returned to Long Beach in late October where 1 missed my second deep freeze voyage with a much needed rest and maintenance period that lasted until my departure in the spring of 1977 on AWS June 8. This time 1 had aboard Dr. Carleton Ray ' s scientific party of four women scientists to stuck walrus behavior in the Chuk- chi Sea. Divers dove to 135-feet for underwater photography of these mammals in their natural habitat. During this trip 1 made my farthest easterly penetration of the .Arctic to 70 - HIS ' 141 -28AV. Returning home September 23. I made ready for my November 15 departure on DF 78. and my 21st .Antarctic voyage This was the first Deep Freeze that I had the opportunity to work with the new Coast Guard Polar class icebreaker POLAR ST.AR Hummph. — very big — very red — impres- sive — but lots of bugs to work out still - like mechanical problems - know what I mean? At least Ive been reliable from dav one, thanks to my simple basic design, and mv loving and talented crews. Oh well, I suppose I shouldn ' t get cattv. On Januarv 12. 1 made mv southernmost pene- tration of the eastern part of the Ross Ice Shelf at 78 -25 S 164 -20 ' W. I guess seeing the struggling Polar ship gave mv crew incentive, because we arrived home April 5 with all ten main engines on the line. — a First — in manv vears. Julv 4 brought AWS 78. and the usual Bering and Chukchi Sea operations. You know - between June 8. 1977 and August 14, 1978, I was underway 286 days; completing two AWS ' s and one DF w ith only a seven week and a 12 week availability! L pon completing AWS 78, we had 54 davs in port before departing November 1 5 upon Deep Freeze 79! .And depart 1 did — right on schedule: following my well wom track across the Pacific to New Zealand, thence to .Antarctica I took over the channel breaking job at McMurdo on this, my 22nd Deep Freeze, when the primary icebreaker assigned suffered mechanical problems (now. now. GLACIER — hold your tongue ole gal! ) Anyway, the entire cruise was pretty routine except for the incident on February 8. 1979. when another of my young petty officers was fatally injured at McMurdo base in a fork-lift accident while offloading the L ' SNS BLAND. We were all saddened by this unfortunate event and it left a pallor on the usual festive mood of the homeward trip. We retraced our way across the Pacific via Sydney and Pago Pago on our return to Long Beach, arriv- ing there .April 6. A summer availability was followed by another November departure on Deep Freeze 80. number 23. Completing the channel at McMurdo with the CGC POLAR SLA (the second new bigger red one). I got right at work in my assigned scientific areas. cfisco ering on December 25. three large submarine canyons over 1.000 meters deep, including Big Red Canvon (named after me - naturally!), just off the continental shelf of Victoria Land. On December 26. 1 discovered an unusually deep submarine basin off Cape Hooker: this one too over 1 ,000 meters deep. On January 1. 1980, I discovered a sea mountain chain rising from 2.000 meters deep up to 100 meters.extendingfrom7o-35 S 169-30 ' Eto70-20 ' s 169 -00 ' E: which was believed to be an extension of the Bal- lenv Fracture Zone. While enroute Wellington. I had mv LCVP ripped right off my deck the night of February 25th during a severely violent storm! Luckily, no one got hurt when that happened! The return home was again made the long way from Wellington via Raoul Island: ar- riving Long Beach on March 22. 1980. My summer 1980 availability was the most extensive since my initial retrofit after being acquired from the Navy. Over S3 million was used to install a marine sanitary system, rehabilitate the galley, mess deck, and all the berthing areas. (During this period I received my fourth Navy Meritorious Unit commendation award for my participation in DF 79). Still. I sailed November 19 on Deep Freeze 81 with only 6 of my ten main engines operable, and 3 of my four generators usable. Two first class petty officers from Fleet Training Group. San Diego, sailed with us from Fleet Training Group. San Diego, sailed with us to Fiji: holding General Emergency drills four times a week and conducting classroom training to bring the crew up to standards. This was also my first cruise with a complement of Coast Guard women onboard 2 officers and 17 enlisted 1 remember hearing the men ask . . . how in heaven ' s name is this going to work out? Will we have coffee clatches every morning Will we have to secure in the afternoons to watch soaps?... But they were sur- prised. The women adapted superbly to the stresses and strains of life aboard a ship at sea. and working with men in an isolated work environment. They worked out great, and I became as proud of them as I was of my men. In fact, they became quite the hit of the New Zealanders. who were amazed the women would accept the rigors of polar ice breaker duty! We worked with the CGC POLAR ST.AR this year, breaking channel into McMurdo: then I proceeded independently on my usual scientific fora s; after which. 1 took the shorter route home up the west coast of South .America via Valparaiso. Callao. and Mazatlan: arriving home March 26. 1981. After another summer availability, 1 departed on October 17 for my twenty-fifth Deep Freeze via Honolulu, New Cale- donia Brisbane, Sydney, and Wellington. DF 82 brought the same jobs, only it seemed like they were taking longer to get done. Maybe 1 was just getting tired and bored with the Erne routine. Working with the CGC POLAR SEA this year (1 guess they are here to stay - they ' re not really all that bad I suppose 1 wonder what it would have been ike to have had a sister ship to alternate trips with. Speaking of - wonder what the Coast Guard did with my cousins that transferred over from the Navy with me - 1 havener, them around in years?) - Where was I? Oh - nght! Work- ing with the SFA We opened and cleared the channel into McMurdo for the annual migration of supply ships, then 1 proceeded on the scientific second half of my voyage. Sev- eral outstanding fossil finds were made by Dr. Bill Zmmies- ter ' s scientific group on Seymour Island, which included the first discovery of land mammals from the late eocene period- the first discovery of a land reptile (lizard) from the cenozoic of Antarctica, and a large number of fossil bones of the giant penguins (up to 6-feet in height! !) Return home was again take via Valparaiso, Callao, and Puerto Vallerta; pulling into Long Beach on April 21, 1982. The usual dock- side availability was followed by an attempt to go through Refresher Training in San Diego. Boy, did 1 bomb out there The Navy rejected nine out of my ten main engines as not operationally safe, and sent me home; this after almost $800 thousand had been sunk into my machinery rehabilitation during the availability! Another $640 thousand was used for further corrective maintenance during the five week availabil- ity added following my expulsion from San Diego; and before sailing November 17th on DEEP FREEZE 83. One officer and two CPO ' s from Fleet Training Group, San Diego, rode me to Apia, Western Samoa; holding drills and training, as had been done in 1980. After stops at Suva, Fiji; and Wellington, I worked with POLAR STAR breaking into McMurdo. POLAR STAR departed on a circum-navigation of the Antarctic continent, and 1 returned to Wellington for mid-patrol maintenance. While enroute and taking 55 degree rolls, several of my crew were seriously injured and trans- ferred off at Lyttelton. Toxic fumes from spilled chemicals in the machine shop forced the evacuation of all personnel aft of forward officer ' s berthing for a period of 36 hours. We stayed at Lyttelton until January 8; allowing an auxiliary ship ' s service generator to be installed on my starboard boat deck as hardly any of my own generators were run- ning reliably. Making it back to the Antarctic continent, I managed to complete the second half of my patrol dunng which 1 accomplished the farthest southward penetration of the Bay of Wales into the Ross Ice Shelf on February 6 by reaching 78 -29 ' S 164 -irw. Once again, while enroute to Wellington and taking 55 — 60 degree rolls on February 28, several more crew members were again severly injured, necessitating transfer off at Wellington. Stops enroute home included Papeete, Tahiti; and Puerto Vallerta, concluding a rather wretched DF 83 for me and my people on Apnl 10, 1983. , „ Immediately upon my return, they took oft my crew, except for a skeleton resident 40-man contract inspection detail: and I entered my first Major Maintenance Avail- ability since I was built! It was to be divided into two phases, which would last over-all for eighteen long months. I couldn ' t believe it!! Finally! I was getting the at- tention my weary aching body had been crying for for years! As I said goodbye to those that were leaving me, I thought back on all those wonderful people that had served with me; that had unselfishly given their all. That had sweated, toiled, worried, improvised, strained, pick- ed me up when I was faltering, threatened, cussed, ca- joled and sweet talked me into continuing; - to all of them - 1 give a silent - THANK YOU ; - for my accomplish- ments, - my awards, - my history : - is -THEIR legacy! The major engineering plant renovation and equip- ment replacement during phase one was financed with al- most $ 1 million, and another $ 1 + million was allocated for the six month period of phase two. (Toward the end of 1983, 1 received my first Coast Guard Unit Commen- dation award for my DF 83 operations). In April 1984 I was re-manned with an almost 90% new crew, which under-took completing the 7,000 man day worklist along with commercial contractors while dockside at South- west Marine Shipyard in San Pedro, California. On Sep- tember 30, 1984, I officially came out of Charlie sta- tus- received my first Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation award for Phase I of the MM A; and on October 7, with m major, minor, and cosmetic surgery being completely healed and found — Fit for Duty : proudly sailed for San Diego and Refresher Training. Officially passing RefTra for the first time in about 10 years, during which we earned coveted E ' s in deck seamanship, navigation and ship control; we loaded up scientific supplies at Broadway pier and departed San Diego October 31 for Deep Freeze 85 with a feeling of rejuvenation, optimism and excitement of again meeting the challenges of my 27th Deep Freeze. This was the first DF ever for which I failed to cross the Pacific, much to the disappointment of my new crew, and me too; as I had planned on showing them all my old friends in New Zealand and Australia This was also the first trip that I didn ' t have to break ice at McMurdo (Whooopeee!). Stopping at Callao and Valparaiso enroute south, we staged out of Puntas Arenas, Chile, foi the scientific parties and equipment. This trip I accomplished the deepest penetration of Pine Island Bay at 75 -l ' S 102 33AV. Upon out-chopping and dropping off the science par ties in Punta Arenas, we circum-navigated the South Ameri can continent, stopping at Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro. Fortaleza, U.S. Naval Station Panama Canal Zone, and Puerto Vallarta, I conducted my most successful ten engine full- power trial ever attempted by the Coast Guard; attaining a full 1 70 rpm, for an awesome 1 7 + knots! Arriving home April 5, 1 madereadv for another unique assignment: the change of homeport from Long Beach, California to Portland. Mai — OREGON??? (That ' s not even near the ocean! Besides, I heard thev had mountains up there that go — BOOM!! Didn ' t I tell you the Coast Guard was al- wavs full of surprises? I wasn ' t too sure if I was going to like this!). Bidding goodby on May 19 to my home of almost 1 9 ears, and well done to ardent supporters: we sailed with anticipation of new scenerv, new waters to cruise in, making new friends, (and making peace with the mountains!). Ve arrived with much gusto and fanfare in Portland on Mav 14. 1985. There, in proper ceremonies welcoming us to the Thirteenth Coast Guard District, and celebrating my 30th birthdav, RADM Parker. Com- mander, Coast Guard District Thirteen, awarded us my second Coast Guard Unit Commendation award for Phase II of the demanding MMA and our refresher training accomplishments. Our anticipated feelings were well justified, as the city of Portland and the citizenrv of the surrounding communities took me and my fabulous crew to their hearts: and once more, we felt we belonged: we were home! Well, there you have it! Thirty years compressed into the proverbial — nutshell. Did I forget something important? 1 tried to keep it brief. Did I mix-up some facts ' ? 1 hope not; but you can see that ' s an awful lot to keep straight in my head. I hope I haven ' t stepped on anybody ' s toes and offended them by not having — total recall. If 1 have — I apologize, — and you can blame my writer, QMCM Nitzsche. the ole duffer to whom I ' ve narrated this! It was rather interesting — to work with someone who was in the Navy — before I was! Anyway, here are some statistics we compiled that you might find interesting; and if you want to know what ' s happened during this last exciting year, enjoy the rest of this book as it takes you from Portland — to the bottom of the world — and back! GLACIER TRIVIA GLACIERS 37 POLAR 1955 THROUGH 1985 Antarctica Deployments 27 Arctic Deployments 10 Longest Deep Freeze (days) 217 Longest Deep Freeze (miles) 40.103 Shortest Deep Freeze (days) 128 Shortest Deep Freeze (miles) 19.460 Average Deep Freeze Mileage 29,527 Average Arctic Mileage 9.013 Total Miles Sailed 887.227 Panama Canal Transits 19 Most Helo Hours 274.3 Most Passengers Carried (WAGB-4) 249 Most Cargo Handled (helos) 70 Tons Total Cargo Handled (WAGr3-4) 6,711 Tons Total Cargo Handled (helos) 4.804 Tons Total Passengers Carried (WAGB-4) 3.333 Total Passengers Carried (helos) 5,810 Total Helo Hours Flown 7,234 Diesel Fuel Consumed (gallons) 35,869,878 Lube Oil Consumed (gallons) 688.664 Aviation Fuel Consumed (gallons) 408.819 Bee! Consumed (pounds) 1,125,000 Pork Consumed (pounds) 300,000 Poultry Consumed (pounds) 345.000 Flour Used (pounds) 412.500 Coffee Consumed (pounds) 210,000 Break Used (loaves) 189.000 Eggs Used (dozens) 168.750 Milk Used (gallons) 222.500 ice Cream Consumed (gallons) 142,750 DEPLOYMENTS — DF63 DFIII DF80 81 DF81 35.5 times around the world 1 2 west 7 east DF61 DFIU DFIV GLACIER ' S COMMANDING OFFICERS 56-58 CDR Bernard J. Lawff, USN 58-59 CDR Joseph Houston, USN 69-61 CDR Phillip W. Porter, Jr., USN 61-63 CDR V.J. Vaugh, USN 63 5 CDR PR. Faughman 65-66 CAPT Opie L. Davson. USCG 66-68 CAPT Eugene E. McGory, USCG 68-70 CAPT Theodore L. Roberge, USCG 71-74 CAPT William E. West, Jr., USCG 74-76 CAPT Clarence R Gillett, USCG 76-78 CAPT John J. Dirschel, Jr., USCG 7 80 CAPT Bruce S. Little, USCG 80-82 CAPT James W Coste, Jr., USCG 82-83 CAPT Paul R. Taylor, USCG 84-86 CAPT William P. Hewel, USCG 23.2 times aro und the world 43.044 times around the workd in a VW 1.125 cows 1 .500 pigs 138,00 hens turkeys 70,000 31b cans not counting ship baked bread 675.00 omelettes we drowned a lot of cereal favorite flavor not noted EDITOR ' S NOTE: These statistics have been compiled from GLACIER ' S memory with an assist from the crew sifting through her onboard records; and are accurate to the best of her recollection and judgement; — and their computations. A thanks should also be noted here for the assistance from the Operational Archives, Naval Histry Division; and the historian at Coast Guard Headquarters: both located in Washington, D.C. I 1 ■kf i r — r ,s € riii ' llii-« «=• £■. .«i 1H i III n  a 1 ■-- n i Moored at Terminal Island Lone Bea FROM SUNNY LONG BEACH DOWN THE MISTY COLUMBIA Glacier, with escort enroute Swan Island. Portland. Oregon. TO THE CITY OF ROSES Glacier mooored downtown Portland for the SPAR reunion. Portland welcomed Glacier with open arms. Small boats and fire boats escorted us to our new home on Swan Island as the hills rang to the thunder of a 21 gun salute in our honor. The local high school band and numerous dignitaries were on the pier to greet us. Portland merchants welcomed us. Local businesses and banks gladly cashed our checks. Yorgo ' s practi- cally adopted us. Everyone did their best to help us settle in. Columbia Park soon became the scene of various football games and picnics. Glacier started it ' s own bowling league. We also became a tourist attrac- tion and platform for various Coast Guard events like the SPAR reunion. We gave many tours to satisfy the native ' s curiosity. EMCS Ibanez electrifies the crowd with his classic bowling form. FN Elms. SN Soborinski, SN Bell, and FN ' Helland running amuck in Columbia Park. PREPARING FOR D.F. 86 Training the Crew The months prior to D.F. 86 were spent in inten- sive training. DCC Pardi reopened Glacier U. with his weekly DCPO classes. Nightly drills lectures on fire, flooding, and rescue and assistance were survived by the duty section. The drills ranged from plugging a flooding iron box with every conceivable type of hole in it to extinguishing a simulated fire using live hoses. We were ready. Deck force ties up some loose ends before DF ' 86 DC3 Trefielo assures Mr. Carr that the Columbia river is extinguished! Rolling into another Deep Freeze. Mr. Carr shows MK1 Phelps the Glacier twist Readying the Ship The 85 inport was a busy time for all hands. Deck force overhauled the flight deck and fantail. Extensive work was done on all small boats and 2 Zodiacs were added. The foul weather locker and gear were reorgan- ized and cleaned. Engineers overhauled the windlasses, winches and cranes. They modified the evap, post office and built a hazardous materials locker. Engine room lub oil systems were repaired. All heads were upgraded and supply division and pilot house decks were renewed. Operations calibrated and repaired all test and oceano- graphic equipment. CIC, Hamshack, and labs were over- hauled. LORAN C and Raycas V were installed. Arran- gements were made for expirations of enlistment, SWE and medals to be given under way. Supply ordered food, clothes, money and parts to last the trip. Medical set up 660 appointments with civilian doctors. The crew attended many schools and completed various and sundry other projects as well. Loading Stores and Equipment The last month before departure was especially hectic. 125 tons of cargo were brought on board Glacier had to load enough supplies and commissars- stores to last for eight months. We carried 7.800 dozen eggs. 2.000 pounds of pork. 15.300 pounds of beef. 3.300 pounds of poultry. 865 bags of flour. 360 gallons of ice cream, and 2.400 pounds of coffee and other items which cost us 5182.650: quite a shopping b ' . On top of department projects, all E-5 and below were regularly pulled to chain these stores and other cargo aboard Turning the fantafl into a scientific trailer court Sailor of the Inport N1K1 Crippen was chosen for his efforts and leadership in Aux. Division and his positive attitude and hospitality. In the absence of a drvison master chief, he was one of 2 NIKl ' s running Auv Dnision continuously upgrading the ship ' s air conditioning and refrigeration s -stems. A native of Oregon, he eased the strangeness of the homeport change by regularly inviting crew members to his Portland home and his parent ' s Hood River orchard pride. MK1 Dennis shows the results of our eflorts to guests. u Capt Hewel congratulates MKJ Crippen at the Navy League banquet in his honor. At the Propellor Club banquet. QMCM Nitzche accepts books for our library. THE FINAL FAREWELLS Oops! Forgot to pay our utilities, but between A Gang and EM ' s, no one will notice. Two reasons why MK2 Hootnagle wants to stay. •- ' ' Be Goodbye Portland As A-Gang and the EM ' s cast off the shore ties, family and friends gather to strengthen our home ties and bid a final farewell. Last and longing glances and waves exchanged from pier to deck secure us to Por- tland even as the lines holding us fast are pulled aboard. Even the Penguin is sad to leave. Soon SS3 Ashton will be wanned by night baking. ...AS OUR ODYSSEY BEGINS HELLO ADVENTURE November 22. 1985: The decks of Glacier resem- ble those of a cruise liner as couples stroll about, children play in mess areas, and voices of all ages ring throughout as they tour our ship. In between goodbyes, the crew is hard at work as last minute preparations are completed: shore ties are broken, decks shoveled free of snow, equipment is placed into standby. Underneath the sadness of leaving, a current of excitement swirls. The adventure is about to begin. The quarterdeck requests all visitors to lay ashore. The crew bid final farewells to family and friends, then resolutely head to their special sea detail stations. Finally, the lines are cast off. the whistle blows, and Glacier is again underway for another Antarctic odyssey. ■p i J ET3 Dufore advises YN3 Neeley in their adaption of From Here to Eternity. while ENS Dowd and the star wave at admiring fans. Finally, the show starts as Glacier steams into the morning mists. ■ANTARCTIC TREATY AND DEEP FREEZE The Antarctic Treaty became effec- tive on June 23, 1961. The consultative nations to the treaty are: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, Federal Repub- lic of Germany, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Russia, Great Britain, and the United States. The treaty provides that Antarc- tica shall be used for peaceful purposes only. It does allow employment of mil- itary personnel and equipment for sup- port of scientific investigation. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is responsible for overall man- agement and funding of the coordi- nated U.S. program in Antarctica The Department of Defense (U.S. Navy), State Department and Department of Transportation (U.S. Coast Guard) have been assigned supporting responsibilities. Operation Deep Freeze is the nick- name given to operations conducted under the operational control of the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica (CNFSA). CNFSA coordinates logistic support for the U.S. Antarctic program, employing several DOD units, a civilian contractor and Coast Guard icebreakers. Operation Deep Freeze involves the deployment of scientific and support personnel, certain con- struction projects, logistic and supply operations, facility operation and sur- face operations, winterover operations, and other support services. r Walking, much less conducting science ops, can be quite a challenge. MISSIONS The Glacier has many different mis- sions to carry out. It ' s major missions are scientific research and cargo han- dling. The ship also assists in Search and Rescue and Law Enforcement. Even though its primary missions, as a Coast Guard unit it must preserve life and property at sea; therefore Search and Rescue will override all other missions. Designed for this role having five (Bio, Dry, Instruments Seismic and Science Ops Glacier ' s major functions is assisting the National Science Foundation in Antarc- tica as a research platform. She is uni- quely suited for this role. Wet) labs on board, plus a weather office and two oceanographic winches. This trip two science vans were placed on the fantail to act as yet two more laboratories. Operations from coring and seismic surveys to macro and micro biological studies can be com- pleted on board. Glacier is well equipped to handle any form of research desired by the scientist she carries. Resupply and Cargo Glacier is used as a cargo ship to resupply the American stations in Antarctica and to bring cargo from both Palmer and McMurdo stations to the states. Glacier also ferries scientists back and forth to Antarctica Search and Rescue The primary mission of the Coast Guard is Search and Rescue and Glac- ier is no exception. In the last two years Glacier has been twice diverted from its planned route to participate in SAR operations. While Glacier ' s major func- tion is not SAR, a SAR case takes precedence to any other operations being conducted. Research vessel Melville, Glacier ' s partner for Science Cruise II. We conducted cargo ops via zodiac with them. Our Eyes in the Sky : we use our helos to spot suspect ships and find leads in the ice. Law Enforcement Ice Breaking Glacier is specifically designed for ice operations with her reinforced steel bow. a rounded hull and her heeling system to sally the ship if needed. Glac- ier breaks ice by running up on it where her immense weight will fissure the ice and displace it to an area of lower pressure. In thick ice, Glacier often must back and ram repeatedly until the ice finally gives way. Her unique design with her ten main diesel engines permit her to penetrate deep into the ice for scientific research to be conducted. Glacier is also used to break out bays and har- bors like McMurdo sound. Glaciers ice breaking prowess make .Antarctica accessible to scientific research. Glacier has also been called upon to act as part of the law enforcement arm of the Coast Guard in its ongoing war against drugs and contraband being shipped into the United States. In the past two years, we have made a number of boardings, spent weeks on patrol, and assisted local governments patrol their own waters for illegal activities. ABOVE: Dr. Sullivan returns to home base. RIGHT: Divers pre- pare to take photographs and collect algae samples from the ice. 26 Small Boats Do a Big Job During the Ameriez Cruise, Glacier would head to a designated spot and set up a superstation. There Glacier acts as a home base where field crews head out in the zodiacs to conduct dive operations, penguin and seal samplings and take ice cores. Deck Force was invalu- able to the research: getting zodiacs underway on short notice, provid- ing coxswains and maintaining the zodiac ' s condition. The zodiacs gave the scientists access to all parts of a superstation and allowed free- dom of movement independent of each other and the ship. Arctic Survey Boat The ASB works independent of Glacier at Palmer Station. This ear, the Polar Star ferried it to Palmer for us. MK1 Mi- chalski rode down with the ASB while BMC Mulford and ET 1 Manning flew down and met the Polar Star at Punta Arenas for the ride to Palmer. Once again the ASB concentrated on ferrving scientists about, acting as a platform for conducting plankton and krill tows, and taking water samples. After over 3 months at Palmer the ASB crew rejoined Glacier for the trip back home. PPP BMC Mulford ET1 Manning MK1 Michalski 7 1! ie Back in the cradle and headed home. Returning to the nest after three months away 27 SCIENCE CRUISE 1 | RICE U HELD TEAM Science Cruise 1 (2 1 Jan to 2 1 Feb) was strictly a marine geological survey of the area around the Bra nstield St rait. Gerlache St rait and Marguerite Bav. The survey was aero-photography (still and video) of the glacier and shore- line, box coring, piston coring, bottom grabs, seismiclines and hydrocasts. Some of the objectives were to: ( 1 ) Construct detailed bath metric, sedimen- tologic and tectonic maps of the Bransfield Basin, (2) Describe sediment types and dispersal patterns within fiords in relation to the glacial and geo- logic setting (3) Examine subaqueous glacial features and bedforms and (4) invest igate the more recent glacial climatic record of the area using the sedi- mentary record. ABOVE Piston Corer ABC VE: Box Corer 28 NCSU HELD TEAM The scientists from North Carolina State University collected box cores from 46 stations to evaluate the rate of biogenic silica accumulation on the Antarctic Continent Shelf. Silica is an important nutrient in the oceans and the NCSU research team will be evaluating the importance of Antarctic sediments in the global silica cycle.... At the 4th station, the corer encoun- tered a rock outcrop which sheared off half its base. The DCs meet the challenge and rebuilt the corer in a day and a half. 909c of our cores were collected with the rebuilt corer, and we thank the DCs and the crew of Glacier for their time and efforts. Dr. DeMaster. Squid ig. perhaps they shouki have gone to TT3 Krzykwa for advice as they never Dr. Daly and Torres with vertical trawl nets c R U I S E 2 Racfoacthe. chlorophyll and plankton growth monitor. V . The brains behind the scientists: this computer analyzes their results for them. 29 s c I E N C I ■am Jit The art of seal roping. WJft3 SEAL SURVEYS During the second science cruise, the entire food chain from the bottom to the very top was studied. Seals, comprising the top of the food chain in this area were therefore a key figure of study. Helicopters were dispatched daily to round up seals for studies. Among the most important and most difficult was the placing and remov- ing of dive recorders on the backs of the seals. Once a seal was singled out for placement of a recorder, the seal had to be caught out on the ice and immobilized for a period of several minutes while the epoxy dried. Once set free, the recorders had to be once again collected to get their data Expecting to recover only a few, the scientists used a large number of the recorders and tracking transmitters. With the aide of the helos, almost half of the recorders placed were recovered and more data than expected was collected. I I 30 Dive recorders were attached with epoxy to the seal ' s back. Later, stomache content and movement can be studied in conjunction. PENGUIN PURSUITS Sharing the top of the food chain with the seal are the birds. Operations ranging from collecting live specimens for later study to pumping the stomaches of penguins, the ■bird people gathered valuable dietary information on the birds of the ice edge zone Collecting more than 1200 squid breaks, and many hundred fish bones, they were able to determine the diets of many types of birds and gather a range of dietary habits ranging from the ice edge to more than forty miles deep in the ice The pengiin leader welcomes on bad party to An V -Only to cfsco o- they are not from National Geosraprsc PENGUIN WRESTLING To collect the stomach contents of the pen- guins, the scientists first had to catch them. It was not an uncommon sight to see a scientist running around with what looked like an oversized but- terfly net chasing a fleeing penguin. After the bird was netted, it usuallv took at least two or three people to hold it still so the first scientist could place a rubber tube down the penguins throat, fill it up with salt water, and turn the pen- guin upside-down to collect the contents. When thev were finished, the penguin usuallv left as fast as possible. A 31 PORT HUENEME, CALIF. Glacier arrived in Port Hueneme for an extremely busy two day working port. We loaded over 76,000 lbs of cargo. This included scientific equipment for both science cruises in the Antarctic as well as construction material and general cargo to be delivered to Palmer Station. It ' s not at the bottom is it, Lisa?!? Port Hueneme was more a yard period than a liberty port. The crew worked hard. After work most of us hit the NCPO club on base to shoot some pool, drink a few beers and dance. The only minor excite- ment occured when the stack caught on fire. The duty section fire party started cooling it down, the OOD set G.Q. and all nonduty personnel were mustered on the pier. Our training in Portland paid off, but the time the fire truck arrived the fire was out. Within an hour daily routine was reinstated Yosemite Sam arrives! November 27, we had our first taste Flight Ops when we recovered two hel carrying LCDR Zimmer and members AVDET 110. They had arrived the previo day from Mobile, Alabama Sea Cadt David O ' Sullivan and Paul Graham al reported aboard for the trip. The bird ' s in the nest Stack creature, MK3 Juhlin. 32 SN Webb cinces down her build it yourself boat kit PANAMA Glacier moored at Naval Station Panama Canal the evening of December 7. Our time there was a mixture of hard work and relaxation. The auxiliary boiler arrived from Dist. 13 and was installed. Repairs of various items awaiting spare parts were also com- pleted. Liberty consisted of shopping at the numerous military exchanges and sightsee- ing. Besides the locks, the ruins of Old Panama and the Casco Viejo sections of Panama City were excellent. Others spent their time at the golf links, Naval Station pool and casinos. The evening prior to departure was highlighted by a ship ' s pool party at the Naval Station. Moored Rodman, Panama; noted for brief but drenching stores. RMC Hoopaugh in rare form. SN Ney practices water ballet! THE BIG DITCH PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD At 1400, December 16. we moored at King ' s Wharf to begin what was to be an extremely busy port call. The American .Ambassador. Sheldon Krys. hosted both a recep- tion and a dinner aboard Glacier for numerous political leaders of Trinidad and members of the Diplomatic Corps The happy hosts Ambassador and Mrs. Krys. CapL Hewel and P. Pete. including the .Ambassadors from France. Canada West Germany and Venezuela Glacier also hosted a luncheon for local military and government officials including the Mayor of Port of Spain andthe Commander of the Defense Force Why Polar Pete has glassy eyes. Despite our hectic schedule, many of the crew took the opportunity to play golf, scuba dive at Tobago, or go sightseeing. The strong British influ- ence is still very e ident. Glacier ' s softball team beat the Embassy team 7 to 6. Our basketball team made a strong showing against the local champions before losing a close game. The crew, knowing Glacier was once again destined to spend Christmas on the high seas, had a premature celebration here. Christmas shopping, calls home and toasts were exchanged on this tropical island The atmosphere was seasonably correct if warm: making our early Christmas most realistic through the traditional lights, creches, and other Christmas displays that were up. Before our departure, the Embassy ' s Marine detachment had a cookout for us. Our cooks put out a lavish spread for the partv 34 Looking down on Port of Spain Trinidad Fmw rfy called Uiigie.FonGtvrge rry a co olex .«2a £w£v£ ZiwZ lf Uc -Zs beau w iot. i m ertfu direction or tit Or Bntisfi Go . ™„i% Z%ie,G, c% Sir Thomas Hl.d . ™Wg«% g ™ Q sea «W«rfW series f sufportmo Batteries k : J }? £ i ? Z?f AbeeVonAvand Cambria on e lo rficfes andUe Comberlandto (fie nortTadlte Me Fort. Consi dered tOefl nig , imfiregnabk fm ,ts day.it wast it maibr defensive position in Me island hut it Was never to eifitrience military action. la times of rumours of tear tne merchant of rvrf-cfiflain tfov d store tAcir records, east and iv uables Acre Ferr George eras- ed to oe military estad isAmcnt in lt4c. A Signal Sistion teas established fere in iu 2. and continued in operation up to . ov.Mb TBIIMIDAD AND TOBAGO TOURIST BOARD t a +l. Our visit to Trinidad can best be summed up by die Ambassador ' s comments: A hearty thanks to the officers and crew of Glacier for their enthusiastic contribution to better Trinidadian United States relations during the ice breaker ' s visit to Trinidad 35 Mr McBnde decides he wants a coconut. I { jtAlj. jft x , B rA Z 1 L SALVADOR BRAZIL .American tourists, camera in hand, invade the bee Hev mister, want to buv a T-shirt ' 1 36 The pepsi generation out on the towa (L-R. MK1 Dermic SK3 Shaw. SSI Wallace, and QM2 Schulerl The ugh 1 .American and friend. Rub-a-dulxiih. three men in a tub. the banker, the baker, the lone navigator. RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR New Year ' s Eve is celebrated in Salvador. Brazil with house par- ties ' ' .All the big mansions open their doors to the public. It costs about 50 dollars and the house provides all you can eat and drink. Mr. Brady made arrangements so anyone who wanted to attend could The rest of our time there was mainly spent enjoying the beautiful Brazilian beaches and shopping for gems and fine leather goods. Great photo oi a schooner? Put it back. Matt it belongs to our Boat What do Coasties do on liberty. Go for a boat ride! 37 DC3 Stamper makes a pass. vfc RD3 Cryer changes the direction of play M O N T E V I D E O ' JV you i if V Montevideo has old world charm and modem conveniences. It sports fine leather and gem shops, outdoor cafes and for our surfers and sunbath- ers, Punta del Este is within driving dis- tance. Our soccer team was defeated, but all had a good time playing. URUGUAY Montevideo ' s central plaza The South American goalies were tough to beat. 38 DC Curtis watches our antics. Do you want a beer ' ' Our new Ltjg ' s and Glacier nonrates went in to give an outstanding combination wetting down party and bar-b-que. The Embassy Marines allowed us to use their house for the party. Everyone went for a swim, whether they were dressed or not. right XO S5 ■.  ..• • PUNTA ARENAS I Off-loading Mr. Carr ' s lumber yard WORKING DAYS Punta Arenas, our operational base, was a hectic port each of the three times we pulled in. Cargo was loaded and unloaded, science parties exchanged. PLAYING NIGHTS PA is a small quiet town. At nights, we entertained our- selves dining and dancing and. of course, calling home from Entel. Magelleaa Punta Arenas hero. PALMER STATION ANTARCTICA Palmer Station is far from being our most engaging port, but a month in the ice gives it a glamour to our eyes perhaps not perceived by others. Wildlife abounds on this rather desolute rock, penguins on Torgensen Isl„ seals bellowing and of course the crew as we stampede our way to the station for a bit of liberty. Then there is the thrill of actually walking on the .Antarcti c Continent, a place far removed from Portland. We continue to do cargo ops, change out science parties and confer with our ASB crew. The little time we spend here is hectic. 42 HELO OPS A rare .Antarctic bird known for its bright plummage Rapidly changing isibility makes flying dangerous down here. iL. il A beautiful day for no helo ops. «i The ship ' s helicopters were used during Science Cruise 1 to obtain a photographic record of the coastline. In Science Cruise 2. they were deployed extensively to videotape the growing ice edge and to round-up the marked seals. The ship also used the helos to get an overview of the ice to help steer her out and about the pack. 43 These imposing kings of the sea rule the waters of .Antarctica, Minke whales formed great attachments to our seismic gear, which apparantly Seals, the slugs of .Antarctica called to them. 44 This crystal world is a prism of soft and subtle color. A catastrophic beauty. A N T A R C T I C A 45 v IV i! V ' u umm wz -,.f • --• t? , -1 ' k An imposing landscape where powerful glaciers fight impeding mountains of granite to reach the sapphire depths below. A silent blue world of morning mirrors. 47 Penguin honor guard. Commander Hagstrom had a very traditional sailors wetting down party! Valparaiso. Chile, our last South .American city. VALPARAISO Our last port to pick up South American bargains. Just watch our comparison shoppers ET3 Brazier and SS3 Gomes, Valparaiso and Vina del Mar had many elaborate old buildings. RIGHT: A carriage full of trouble 46 Golden Gate and Alcatraz ahead FISHERMAN ' S WHARF America at last: English spoken, rock-n-roll, Budweiser and McDonald ' s! Glacier moored next to Pier 39. Fisherman ' s Wharf, for Coast Guard Appreciation Day. The Wharf was alive with Coast Guardsmen. The Commandant used Glacier as a brow to the Rush for a tour of San Francisco Bay. The crew toured Alca- traz. rode cable cars and basically began to reassimilate themselves as Am ericans. SN Dahlin. SN Sembach. DC3 Trefielo. TT3 Kryzkwa; this Bud ' s for you! 48 The numerous street vendors and sidewalk acts made SS3 Clei happy camper f f ■.t LT Ellis conducts RD3 Carter, SN Haynes and QM1 Fleming in a burning crescendo as CW03 Brady discovers the origin of the word charbroiled. c o o K O U T s You can change the menu. The cooks can even relocate the messdeck. But, the chowline is forever! EQUATORIAL EATING The flight deck is transformed for cookouts, when rank amateurs, filled with burning determination and little else, try their hand at feeding the crew (to the relief of the mess attendants and amusement of cooks). The dreaded memories of frigid flight ops fade away with the panoramic view of ocean and sky, the fresh trade winds cooling the evening, and the joyous informality of picnicking, hot dogs, ham- burgers, steaks and chicken take on a whole new flavor bar-b-qued in the fresh salt air. People cluster haphazardly about the deck according to interest groups instead of rank. An informal picnic is a re- laxing way to end a long hot summer day in the tropics. Jim, on the air not in the air. Behind those Foster Grants: LT Ellis and ET3 Braizer. ) I c This is not Burger King, you ' ll have it our way! Sure it ' s chicken. Now we know to what end SN Avery spent so much time saving lost birds! SWIM CALL LEMMING POWER An ideal day: we ' re ahead of sche- dule, the day is hot, the water cool and last night Glaicer TV ran the entire Jaws series. But with our GMOW in the MSB, we laughed at fear and lept forth; some with flash, most with splash. Fortunately no dangerous deni- zen of the deep appeared only some miniature jellyfish with irritating curios- ity. Even the sea-bees couldn ' t put a damper on our enthusiasm at this break from the routine of being at sea, to being in the sea. Why would anyone want to jump off a perfectly good ship 7 A shark would make his day! Ferd does the bird. Yes, QM3 Cole is expert at this sport too! Divers are a Nasse breed. 51 ABOVE: SKC Putnam and RM3 Prien ' s reaction to their special pizza propels AM 1 Bealeand ATI Steven into a hurried conference while MK1 Jackman continues cutting away new ginso knives. RIGHT: The Bhagwan shows AE3 Lawrence and ATI Steven the art of peaceful pizza making. Even the captain got in on the act SK3 Rocha and Mr. Brady have lots of practice handling dough. N I G H T Monday nights the Morale Committee got motherly. Even salt ' ol ' boatswain ' s mates like BM2 Butts enjoy cookies with their coffee. Special thanks to SSI Foster The man behind cookie night 53 FUN IN F I R E H O S E A N D F E N D E R  The fender is placed dead center, the referee backs up to a safe position, the teams position themselves for the attack, the whistle is blown and they ' re off! The object is to outmaneuver our opponent and push the fender using straight stream onto his homeline. This is one of the most popular morale equator events. It ' s a strenuous brutal, but refreshingly wet sport. r 54 FIGHTS 5W Ifr THE SUN AVDET ON WEEKDAYS Now, LT Ellis has the deck and the conn! LEFT: SN Clouser and SN Sembach soaking up that holiday routine SN Haynes and LT Ellis battle it out on Glacier Beach. G L A C I E R ■m 55 Havana Casinos never treated me so good! Ooh those Colorado women! CASINO NIGHT HUMP DAY ARRIVED, the halfway point of Deep Freeze ' 86. The crew was happy knowing the rest was downhill from here on out. All the gambling fools broke out the cards, the dice and their money for a night of high rolling. The ship ' s morale committee was actually responsible for this night. Everyone partici- pated in this event one way or another. Some dressed up to be cigarette girls , waitresses, dealers, and bankers. The rest just played your typical gam- blers at any normal casino. There was a variety of games to play, Blackjack, Dealers Choice or even Roulette. The refreshments were served. Some- one was always behind the grill cooking away. The morale committee sold bongo bucks ( 1 00 penguin dollars for 1 dollar), that could be used to bid on a variety of prizes at the end of the night. The crew had such an enjoyable night, whether they won or lost, that we decided to do it all over again. Both were successful events, providing an immediate uplift in spirits for the crew and all profits went for future morale events. 56 Some of the guys end up with real dogs, right George? Okay guys this is dealers choice, everyone knows how to play old maid, right? ' Come to the casino and have your morale saved! The time had come to put away the cards and begin the auction. The auctio- neers stood up in front of the crowd and the bidding wars were on with a vengence. Prizes auctioned off were varied, but included captain ' s chair for half a day, XO for a day (E-6 and above), front of ship ' s store line for a month and mess deck for a week, ski lift and white rafting tickets, hotel rooms, days off (both duty and work) mag- azine subscriptions, food stuffs and of course cruise books! Whether you won enough penguin bucks for successful bid- ding or not, there were no real losers, as the morale committee netted $1500 for future crew functions. Tad, don ' t be mad, the Captain always wins at my table Ms. Fullaway save some for the crew! Now that you have the money Ms. Turner, what was it you were going to buy again? It ' s time once again for that Valparaiso shuffle, craps any one. ' 57 FUN GAMES After a long hard days work many of us would get together with friends and relax over a table game. Everyone has their favorite There are devoted Dungeons and Dragons players, cut throat pinocle and poker sharks, chess and scrabble enthusiasts, there were even checkers and Domino groupies. The ship organized tour- naments and even held skeet shoots. Look Ham- no more helo ops. Hey guys I think someone rigged the deck. I only have face cards. ' ijis ' :S : :|jS ' 3! 1 J I E Ek v y m - ;SJ3 • T Jk 94 r i The best strategy is a well placed mirror, ask SS3 Vivero. 58 What do you mean dawg isn ' t a word! •I J • ••ft M But Doc which reality is the truuV Glacier ' s own Fire Department Harley really gets into his role as he does a prettv mean imitation of a PASSAGE WAY ON FIRE SURVIVAL GAMES The most important games we play deal with disasters we fervently hope never to see - though it is a serious subject and ardous work, we managed to have fun even as we polished our crisis skills. All our time and trouble was vindicated when we resolved our major conflagration drill in 55 minutes. Rocha this drill is tough enough - speak English not Spanish we ' re on the ship not in South America! Hang on Mart) ' . I almost got the hose to fit 59 Four men who truly deserve the honorary title Red Noses that is on their Antarctii crossing certificates. Don ' t blame me. he asked for Marine Whitewalls! ONE STEP BEYOND A ship underway is a miniature city. The Coast Guard, unlike the Navy, does not have specific rates to cover those odd but extremely important jobs in the post office, ship ' s store, barbers, etc. Instead some of the ship ' s company volunteer their time and service to the smooth running and high morale of Glacier. These men and women go one step beyond duty to make Glacier a more comfortable and hospi- table ship to live on. Thanks for a job well done. BARBERS MKC Hudson, EM3 Gonzales and SS3 Clerico worked as ship ' s barbers between watches and work. They were perhaps most appreciated the day before we pulled into a port where for many truly became life and liberty savers. DIVERS MST3 Nasse, LT Melort, DC1 Harris, DCC Pardi and MK1 Magaro (not pictured) upper right, helped the scientist ' s dive team in the ice and were used to inspect the hull at Palmer. This year they really earned their dive The hams tune us into the world while the DJ ' s tune us out of it pay. HAMSHACK RM2 Dunn, MST2 Fisher, ET2 Parsons and AT2 Cashman operating on RM2 Dunn ' s amateur radio license made all those calls home from the middle of nowhere possible at all times of day and night 62 VJs and D Js ENS Keppler, SK2 Hewitt, AD2 Manning, RD2 Crofoot, EM3 Fisher, RD3 Sapp and FN Walton entertained us with TV and radio broadcasts. Thanks also to the mess attendants who made popcorn for the movies. The joy of receiving mail: the agony of sorting it! Look at that morale: EMI Farnsworth, LTjg McCaffrey, SK2 Hewitt, SN Dahlin ( missing from photo), BM3 Harris. QM3 Cole. SN Ney, and SSI Foster. RELIGIOUS SERVICES Onboard Catholic and Protestant services were lead by CW04 Hillegas and SSI Wallace respec- tively, every Sunday under way. Prayer Meetings and a Christmas play were also offered to the crew. In Foreign ports some members of Glacier ' s chris- tian community completed many charitable acts for the poor. POST OFFICE More than any group aboard, the most maligned yet needed were our postal clerks: ENS Fullaway, RDC Murray, HSC Mael, RD3 Cheetham, RD3 Cryer, MST3Nasse, MST3 Otto, RD3 Sapp and all the ber- thing area orderlies. Thanks for putting up with our impatience, anxiety and joy. MORALE COMMITTEE The morale committee is composed of representatives throughout the crew whose aim is to keep us amused and our spirits high mainly by organizing such events as pizza nights, game and sports contests and relaying our ideas and morale needs to the command CRUISE BOOK STAFF This book is brought to you by your friendly cruise book staff, a dedicated and yet misunderstood group, who have enjoyed slaving without praise for your enjoyment and future memories. Thanks, we ' re great MKl Mersing. CW02 Arusiewicz. EMI Farnsworth. RM1 Ross, SN Haynes. SN Kimbrill, MST2 Wharton, QM3 Miller and missing (someone had to take the picture) CWO ' 2 Carr. SSI Foster, FN Carr and SK3 Hisaw, SODA JERKS BM2 Butts, RD3 Carter, DC3 Claflin and DC3 Trefielo are to be thanked for keeping our soda machines filled and change at the ready. • Cod in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Luke 2:14 P L A Y Rehearsed A Spiritual Christmas This evening, before our presentation, we are going to name some of the ways people are reminded of Christmas. These include commercial (buy now, pay later), Santa Claus. Christmas dinners, family reunions, dressing the tree, and exchanging of gifts. Of course these are all enjoy- able aspects of Christmas; but C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S without C-H-R-l-S-T just really isn ' t Christmas at all: Lets take a lit- tle peek at what the first Christmas may have been like some 2,000 years ago with our Glacier Presentatioa THE CAST SSI Wallace Narrator DCl Harris Shepherd SK3 Hisaw Mary MK1 Dennis Shepherd EMI Pieplow Joseph DC3 Stamper Shepherd MST3Nasse Innkeeper MKC Hudson Wiseman EM3 Peterson Bell Hop RDC Murray Wiseman DCC Pardi .Angel ADC Ford Wiseman FN Schindler Angel EMC Williams Music FN Rodriguez Angel Y C H R I S SANTA CLAUS VISITS From Macho diver to Santa ' s elf. DCC Pardi does it all. Santa Claus with little helper, Hooya Elf, stopped in for a visit. At quarters, thev distributed gifts from the Navy League to selected crew members. Later on, Santa posed for photo ' s. Christmas was fun for evervone with Santa ' s Visit, the Christmas plav, caroling, gift exchanges and another elaborate feast from our cooks. The Christ- mas tradition was upheld b all, even though we wore shorts being a few miles from the equator! It was a truly hot partv enjoved bv all. Okay, but other than a transfer, isn ' t there anything else you guys want ' 1 M w ' l If: j s He knows when you ' ve been bad or good ' -rh e sound f music or a reasonable facsimile. ENTERING THE REALM OF NEPTUNUS REX Uz Dei Christinas sale- signer t-shirt shop had a BM3 Harris looks on in amazement as our ever talented and entertaining wogs amuse themselves under the direction of SK3 Rocha. December 25 at 1819 LMT. Glacier crossed equator at 41 degrees 26.6W. Davey Jones amved later that evening to a rebellious and motly crew of wogs. I ' nder the conniving but clever Junior and his sidekick Mati-Hari Mooney. there were several insurrec- tions. Many seemed to lack the proper respect for the sea tradition about to take place; but that would come tomorrow when each sailor stands alone before King Neptune. December 26. all 110 wogs were mustered to determine their fate. A minor delay occured when GQ was set, reuniting wog and shellback into a tightly effi- cient though peculiar looking fire- fighting team. The fire was quickk extinguished and the ceremom proceeded. LT Prudhomme took the Jol! Roger, to late. Mooney went through with her usual t ht-t-k After a washdown. a bar-b-que ua held to top off a long but colorful da . Mayhem rides under the Jolly Roger. Free haircuts, another wog benefit RIGHT: Your friendly crev. (Back-Front S Cole. FN Fer- nandes. BM3 Harris, DC3 Stamper, and QM3 Miller. Davev Jones and the Roval Court dispense justice ( L-R ) CW02 Carr, CW03 Brady, SN Haynes, and MKC Hudson. SN Bell and EMC Williams instruct MKCM Gowen on being a Sailor. Mommy I wanna go home. Watering the wogs. But will they grow z OPERATIONS V FAR RIGHT: RD3 Crofoot pop- oul ot thi- mu-hroom house to phoiosyn- tht-si c. RIGHT: .Ml RDC Murray wants for Christ- mas is two more tax shelters. RDC Murray RADARMEN RD3 Carter RD3 Thomas Radarmen plot all traffic for the bridge, act as a backup for the Navplot in hazardous waters and low visabilitv, direct helo ops and maintain an ice plot. Once again our RD ' s came through without the use of a gyro compass and no magnetic compass within visual range. During times when great accuracy was demanded they manned up sound powered phones on the bridge for heading checks. During Science Cruise 2 They kept an ac- curate plot of the ice edge for the Scientists. RD3 Cheetham plays ball. RD3 Carter is satisfied with video games. RD3 Cheetham RD3 Crofoot P RD3Cryer RD3Sapp Midnight Madness starring RD3 Sapp or thetXHM! SK3 Rivera and RD3 Thomas prepare to enjoy another fine meal at McGlaciers. RM2 Dunn is well pleased with the prospect of pulling into a port again. SNRM Gilbert prepares to show EM3 Fuller why he ' s never lost : gameyet RM3 Prien is thrilled at being part of Glaciers Combat Intelli- gence Center. When RM2 Plesset says only two Marsgrams. he mean s only TWO Marsgrams! R A D I O M E N RM1 Ross and Ralph the compu- ter are inseperable. During Sdence Cruise 1 trans- missions were restricted by seismic and helo ops resulting in quite a backlog of work which RM ' s hand- led with admirable calm. On cruise 2 radio assisted U.S. Research Sta- tion Siple relay an important weather message. RM3 Nelson at bat for the Glacier. RM1 Ross RM2 Dunn RM2 Moore R 12 Plesset RM3 Nelson RM3 Prien SNRM Gilbert I 1 t W-1 For all you do, this pools for you. LT ELLIS OPERATIONS OFFICER Navigator Who needs a gyro compass?!? DF 86 was notable for its lateness in the season, which tested the crew and equipment with extreme cold climate, and darkness not normally seen Another successful season. OPERATIONS OFFICERS LT Melott Administrative Officer, Dive Officer Education Officer ' 1 ¥ w ■■w f -uam BKraHBUB ENS Dowd Assistant Navigator Ship ' s Store Officer LTJG Heyes Electronics Maintenance Officer LSO ENS Keppler Communications Officer ENS Fullaway Marine Science Officer, CICO, Postal Officer 68 j QUARTERMASTERS rs QM2 Schuler in the gutter again. You better go check on your children 1 As the plot thickens... Once again the QMS navigated without a gyro compass. This year, besides maintaining the AV plot and ship ' s logs, they also kept track of the scientists many experiments and corresponding positions on top of the various hydrographic reports and attend- ant positions kepi for the Defense Mapping Agency. QM2 Rasmussen with another little souvenir. QM3 Hoff enjoys the night life QM3 Cole makes a break for it L-Rj 1 Where is mv coffee QMCM Nitzche QM1 Fleming QM2 Schuler QM2 Rasmusson QM3 Miller QM3 Cole QM3 Hoff ET3 Harless Serving Proudly ETCMOde ET1 Howard ETI Manning ET2 Bender ET2 Parsons ET2 Brazier n ET3Dufore -7 --r- wm iff urn ,. • YNCRolSnson n YN2Brincat . ' - SANev No. jgned whit ID yeC Paperwork and more paperwork, from leave chits to cruise reports, yeomen do it all. They are the cogs that rum the administrative wheels of Glacier. YEOMAN 71 MARINE SCIENCE TECHNICIANS MST2 Tindall MST2 Wharton MST2 Tindall working on the 8hr weather report. MST2 Miller knows his winches inside and out. MST3 Nasse MST3 Otto - — —4 - ..:;. When working 12 hour shifts out in Antarctica ' s cold, an MST grabs L a nap wherever and whenever he can. Right, MST2 Wharton ' 72 The MST ' s help the scient- ists in all phases of their experiments. They operate the winches, ensure com- munications between the bridge and the scientist, and act as lab technicians and general assistants. The MSTs forecast the weather for the ship and helo ops and write detailed weather synoptics for the Navy. V ENGINEERING X Mr. Glover gets down and dirty EO: LT GLOVER ENGINEERING OFFICERS LT Turner Assistant Engineering Officer n LTJG Beier Damage Control Officer LTJG McCaffrey Morale Officer LTJG McBride Electrical Officer QUOTES FROM DF ' 86 ...did things that couldn ' t be done, fixed things that couldn ' t be fixe- d-updated files that never existed, repaired, built, innovated, created, and destroyed... I ' ve been continually amazed. LTJG McCaffrey. It ' s not always electrical! LTJG McBride 1 hope nobody saw me on the bridge; wouldn ' t want anything like that to get around. LTJG Menders t m , r i LTJG Menders Asst. DCA, Aux. Officer CW02 Arusiewicz Main Propulsion Asst. FN Gentile. MK3 Love, and 1K2 Shentoa for engineers, even lounging is hot work. MK3 McMahon waits patiently for FN Fer- nandas to get through the hatch. People to see. places to go, it isn ' t easy- being MKC. E N G I N E R O O M MKC White MK3 Lowe MK3 McMahon Br MK3 Shields FN Borquez FN Debonis rip ,  — FN Gentile FA Hallager FA McFadden MK3 Love lights up Morris ' s life. They ' re all in their places with bright shim 1 faces; MK1 Phelps, FN Borquez. MK3 Shields. FN Gentile. FN DeBonis, FA Hallenger, and MK3 Love, in a B-l conference. MK1 Pierson displays the drive that makes a first class MK FN Slattery. Mrs. Goodwrench. LEFT: FN Vanderwerf works to the beat of a different drummer. MIDDLE: FN Rodnquez remains cheerful despite dish pan hands RIGHT: FN McFadden is delight- ed to work in the engineroom. 76 : i t a 1 si ' . ' i B-2 MKC Norton MK1 Kitchen MK2 Rosenow MK3 Dallas MK3 Yanderwerf E N G I E R O O M For MK2 Rosenow and MK1 Kitchea it ' s not just a job; it ' s an adventure. V •K 4 ! FN Thompsoa Lauer. Halleger. McFadden and Gentile enjoy any party, even a fire party. FN Abdul-Wahhab FN .Anderson FN Lauer FN Manso FA Siattery FN Rodriquez FN Abdul-Wahhab is bemused by our wandering cameramaa MK3 Vanderwerf shows his artistic side. Engineroom terrorists invade the sail locker. SR Dovel signals an S.O.S. Chiefs: The coffee achievers. FN Cutting drops a note to Uncle Sam. This painting business baffles FN Lauer. No pain, no gain for MK2 Batayias during the equator fire. FN Carr helped save the cruise book by developing pictures before he left. 78 r - The fanlail provides welcome relief after a sweltering watch in the engineroom for MK2 Dallas and MK2 Coons. B-3 MAIN PROP This Deep Freeze confirmed that Glacier has left the crisis engineering cycle. For once, there is an absence of any major machinery problems. This trip saw the implemen- tation of a formal engineering PMS program. The majority of problems encountered were due to lack of an accu- rate CALMS manual, thus delaying repairs util parts could be found, ordered, or made. Main Prop can take pride in having given Glacier all the power needed for our final blast out of the ice. MK2 Coons MK3 Lowell FN Carr The joy of watch. FN Cutting FN Dovel Glacier ' s menu is always good for a laugh. FN Jeter FN Thompson Fashion headwear by FN Jeter. MKCM Gowen MKl Jackman MK1 Crippen MKlMersing MK2 Getchell MK3Harsch MK2Hoomagle MK3Bonannon MK3 Patton MK3 Juhlin FNMKJoubert Traveling MK ' s A-Gang is responsible for all machinery on board not in the enginerooms. This year, they replaced the washing machines in the laundry, repaired the hangar door and overhauled the oceanographic winch and anchor windlass. They also modified the evaporators and overhauled all AC units on top of the continual PMS of all other mechanical gear on board ' MKl Mersing moonlighted as a ship ' s MK3 Patton is glued to his work. photographer. fc jTSjft ' ' - •■f r 4 ! ™ MK2 Harsch wipes out an outboard motor. MKl Crippea here, there, everywhere. ABOVE FN Walton gets a kick out of soccer LEFT: A happy Hawk roosts in his ship. A-GANG MK2 Hoofnagle discovers the joys of paperwork. MK1 Jackman seems rather dubious of MK2 Getchell and FNMK Joubert ' s explanation. FN Schindler, just another scruffy beach- comber. Our own cabbage patch kid FN Mooney. making mud pies again! FN Aiamilk) FN Helland n FN Mooney P - FNFJms FN Kuypers m FA RusseU FN Elms teaches FN Ku pers to boil water. Fresh Air Engineers FN Schindler FN ' Soto P FN Sultan EM3 Gonzales chases grounds the SoCal way. EM3 Damske puts his foot down on can- did photography. Electrifying Achievements The EM ' s are always busy both inport and under way. This year, besides regular PMS to all electrical gear on board; they repaired electrical problems with the emergency generator and 2E main diesel generator. Just prior to departure they wired the two science vans. During the first science cruise much time and effort were expended not only on the ship ' s oceanographic gear but also on the scientist ' s gear. In spite of the work load placed on them by both the ship and scientists, their morale remained high as e i- denced by the grandiose pizza night they gave the crew. EM3 Fuller has few loose connectic EMS Fuller EM3 Gonzales EMC Williams brings a down home country touch to his shop and the ship. Ss££SuS EM3 Jones EM3 Newsome P IP EM3 Peterson EM3 Shore n EM3 Sotelo EM3 Baquiran is glad to give EM3 McKenna a hand. E.M3 Jones, our G.E home appliance man. Damage Control Highlights: DF ' 86 Remote pulls were installed on the hangar AFFF Foam Isolation system. Now, in case of fire, the system can be acti- vated from outside the hangar. When the Flammable Stores Locker was disco ei ed to bleaking explosive fumes, the DCs supervised clean up operations bv OBA men. The DCs, working around the clock, rebuilt the box core with a struc- DC3 Curtis has a vision. turelv stronger framing after it w as se erel) damaged on a rock outcrop. DCs got the flooding from a hole in the port stern tube under control. Access to the hole was formidable, 2 men had to be low ered upside down in a shoulder harness between frames. In Punta Arenas, a concrete patch was in- stalled. No Claflin. you cannot go on emergency leave because your cat ' s anorexic agree DO Bums. DCC Berg, and DC1 Harris. Pinochole Virtuosoes: DC3 Foss and DO Crossen. DC3 Trefielo cringes beneath the awesome power of DCC ( Pardi. DC3 Yalpreda, one of the few. the proud, putting their twenty in on Glacier. DC3 Burgert DC3 Claflin DC3 Curtis DC3 Foss DC3 Stamper DC3 Trefielo r j y DC3 Valpreda FN Fernandez FN Alonzo For once the snipes are out numbered, but with FN Fernandez here they will be heard. Polar Pete and his engineering friends await their Antarctic medals. Captain Coastic DC3 Burgert sees the light. •3 { I I : MK1 Magaro, our TAD diver, advocates a strict regimine for health and happiness. MK1 Magaro, Polar Pete and DCC Pardi distributed Valentines and amused the crew with their antics. V SUPPIA 7 SUPPLY OFFICER ¥ CW03 Brady LSO, SANTA CLAUS SUPPLY CHIEFS w u SKCPUTMAN - ..ti SSC SANTIAGO 88 Bui Ollie, I don ' ! want to go there! All right Mr Brady, I ' ll turn it down. The best thing that ever happened to the Guard in SK3 Rocha ' s own words. SKC Putman; have cup, will travel. SK3 Hisaw, singing those paperwork blues. Glacier Bank While most of us know SK ' s as the folks who handle our pay prob- lems, too often we forget that they are also the financial overseers of Glacier itself. GSK, Clothing Locker, and Small Stores are run by SKs. All parts and tools, food and fuel, are ordered through Supply. They balance the ship ' s checkbook as it were. Under way they researched exchange rates and made arran- gements for the cambios to come aboard. s T O R E K E E P E R S SK2 Hewitt, better known to his fans as Papa Dog. ' SK2 Hewitt SK3 Rivera P SK3Rocha SK3 Hisaw SS3 Rogers SS3 Gomes SS3 Vivero SS3 Gaynor SNSS Somma SNSS Somrna. SS3 Ahner. and SS3 Gomes in a friendly card game. Subsistance Specialists Even with a high turn- over of personnel, the Food Services Division continued to function at a very high level as attested to by CGD-13 Subsistance Advisory Team, who visited in Oct. Under way. our cooks put out four meals a day. every day. for over 200 people! They con- jured up spectacular and festive banquets for the holidays. Those people really know what it means to put their job on the line; they do it every day. Three men who can have their cake and eat it too; SS3 Gomes. SSI Wallace, and SS3 Cervantez. % i I SS3 Cervantez, SSC Santiago, and SS3 Clerico help pave the way for diplomatic relations. SSC Santiago, bowler extraordinaire. Even SS3 Rogers and Clenco aren ' t sure what it is! Valparaiso: SSI Wallace talks with members of the reformed convicts ministry. Y pvjw FN Rodriguez goes from finding odd parts to even odder partners. FN Scheel wishes the parts were as up-to-date as the office equipment. ABOVE: SK3 Rivera, Ser- vice with a smile. RIGHT: MK2 Rosenow and MK1 Dennis compare hardware. MK1 Dennis IMC EM3 Regier SK3 Rivero FN Scheel FN Rodriguez 92 IMC is a world in between, where engineroom meets supply office. To succeed in this office a person must be half engineer and half storekeeper. To keep track of the thousands of en- gineering parts on board takes time, organization and constant updating. These storekeeping engineers and en- gineering storekeepers work hard in and out of their rate to keep Glacier stocked with necessary replacement parts for smooth running repairs. RIGHT: EMU Regier and SSI Wallace go on a supply run of their own in port. ABOVE: The wogs get introduced to Doctor Drugs, the royal court ' s physician. BELOW: SN Cole learns the hard way why few people strike HS as CW04 Hillegas prepares to brush up his surgi- cal skills assisted bv HSC Mael. HSC Doc Wog reads the charges against him. 94 - - THE BOSUN CW02 CARR FIRST LIEUTENANT, PAO Deep Freeze was a great success due in part to a tremendous effort by the group known as the Deckies. Their performance and commitment ensured that Glacier met and exceeded all operational commitments and tasks required. They have reason to be proud of their accomplishments. From off- loading the lumber-yard to the many Zodiac launchings, they met all chal- lenges. From loading tons of cargo to the countless flight quarters evolutions they proved confident and responsible. Theirs is the Deep Freeze to remember. They can say — Well Done. CW02 Can- introduced the Sea Cadets to deck sea- manship. Sea Cadets Graham and O ' Sullivan pose with their families prior to departure. Mi BMC Mulford BM2 Butts BM2 Terrell HP BM3 Harris BM3 Lee X 96 SN Carlson Mr. Carr ' s Lumber yard gang. On Deep Freeze 86 many long hard working hours were put in by Deck Depart- ment to help make this trip successful. It al- ways seemed that there was plenty of time for work or watch but never enough time for sleep. Some ol the tasks completed were unloading 125 tons of cargo, keeping the ships maintenance up, doing boat ops lor the scientists and divers at a moments notice and even painting the hull on their libert) time to get the ship reach to pull into San Francisco. Those were just a lew things Deck Department did to make- this such a successful Deep Freeze. But all and all the did manage to find enjo meiit mi most ol the cruise and especially in the foreign ports. Moving right along. Touch and goes one more time? 97 Foot fetish anyone? Chippendale ' s eat your heart out! SACobb SN Cole, Jr. % 1 owe, I owe, so off to work I go. SN Dahlin S J Dannelly P H T NO T P SADevine 5A Evraets I The Newtonian Theory of the apple dropping on one ' s head. BM2 Butts became a recipient of that idea when the BMC left with the ASB and the BM 1 could not make the trip due to illness. Glacier has the larg- est afloat deck force with BM2 Butts as the supervisor. He performed his tasks with expertise and managed to keep Deck Force working as a team. BM2 Butts pulled with Deck Force to accomplish all that was required or asked of the Deck Department during this Deep Freeze. This Bud ' s for you... Rivera ' s buying. SN Harnby proving work is a natural high Were here for the beer. Look Harry, all those penguins and not enough time. P ■SN Golden SA Gonzalez SC Graham SA Gregory Oh these British Drivers. SN Harnby SN Haynes SN Wilkes playing those BM Blues. Gary still thinks he ' s number one. Ok guys, pull up on the count of three. SN Johnson SA Kimbril 1 B ' •1 L— r-L ffi |t p ai IHj j 1 « at i i f ! J : =- if if 1 18) £i SB |fc jgi Dave and Marty doing what they do best. SN Larson S N Morrison SA Olsen SC O ' Sullivan Webb and Austin hamming it up. t ' s ok Cecil, you can come out now. 100 Watch uut, the bovs are back in town. Darby ' s quiet and shy 11 These are the two guys your mother warned you about. SA Pascavage SN Rivero 0® SA Sembach SA Sobocinski Have you ever heard of the two fisted painter SA Vegliacich SN Walker What do they mean this isn ' t Burger King. 101 Hacky Sack, anyone? Ah. this is the life. Painting by braille. How do you shoot this weapon again 1 Glasses, Glasses. You want what, when? SR Young, Jr. SA Zondervan 102 z. AVIATION p I .-.tiiy T S LCDR ZIMMER SENIOR AVIATOR BELOW: LTJG Robb and LT Prudhomme kick back under the watchful eye of Yosemite Sam. LT Prudhomme .Alias: The Cowboy A V L O D O F E T 1 1 LCDR Zimmer enjoys another War- droom function. LTJG Riendea Alias: The Bhagwan 104 LTJG Robb Alias: Rohey THE PILOTS VIEW Function of a AVDET on DF ' 86 Darken the skies with Helos on a routine basis: LTJG Robb. Ballast the ship by providing 12 tons of aircraft and assorted parts tools, stowed in various compartments spaces: LTJG Riendeau. THE CREW AM2 Beale — - T AD1 Marshall AD2 .Arnold 4 wmm • ' ATI Steven AT2 Cashman n AM3 Denning A V D E T 1 1 AEl Stephens P AD2 Manning AE3 Lawrence ADC Ford 105 F L Y I N G H I G H Killing me softly with his song.. A TJET throws a room stuffing party. SBBfc AD1 Marshall and AE3 Lawrence helped out with the early stages of this book. That ones for the wardroom. Airdales. a nice bunch of guys, but lousy dressers. 106 LTJG Riendeau, one of the underground Wog leaders in the revolution. SCIENTISTS LEFT TO RIGHT: Front: John Anderson, Doug Kennedy. Margaret Herron, Scott Ishman, Gail Ashley. Back: Dave Brewster. Ross Elliot, Brent McKee, Thomas Griffith, Dave DeMaster. From mud pies to pizza pies. The bridge line is busy again. ABOVE: Scientists: People who get to the core of a problem! LEFT: Advanced Pottery 101. 108 CRUISE 1 SCIENTISTS ..-.. z.-z_l_- : : BELOW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Kurt Buck. Rick Gould Dave Garrison- Men of mam- cultures. CRUISE 2 T jpfi H 0H1 9 k A M HNAf N % H jr K j w pr  Y 1 ROXIE HEWEL O U HOPPE BRYAN Once again Rozie Hewel acted as a liaison between the Glacier and our dependents back home. She organized both Christmas parties that were video taped and sent to us. Hoppe Bryan, our champion in the Portland Navy League, devoted much time and effort towards us. She helped find car storage, insti- gated the Valentines and Christmas gifts we received and a myriad of other kindnesses. c p o M E S S LEFT TO RIGHT. FRONT: ETCM Ode. BMC Mulford. YNC Rollinson. HSC Mael. EMCS Ibanez. DCC Pardi, SSC Santiago. QMCM Nitzche. BACK: .ADC Ford. DCC Berg. RMC Houpaugh. SKC Puttman. MKCM Gowen. MKC Hudson. MSTC Buchanan. MKC White. EMC Williams. MISSING: MKC Norton and RDC Murray. 110 AD2 CASHMAN AD2 Cashman quickly assimilated into the crew by his work in the Hamshack and the musical entertainment he pro ided for the crew. He assisted the NSF science party in preparing and editing their video tapes and assisted Glacier ' s EM ' s in the repair of oceanographic equipment controllers. His performance has elicited such comments as The finest petty officer I ' ve ever worked with. s A I L O R S O F T H E C R U I S E DC1 HARRIS DCl Harris, one of the most knowledgeable DCs aboard, was instrumental in repairing the scientists ' s sev- erly damaged box core. .As a ship ' s diver, he was a key person in locating a hole in the stem tube. In foreign ports he helped paint an orphanage and played on Glac- ier ' s soccer team. Under way he played major roles in many morale activities from crossing ceremonies. Christmas and Valentine festivities to pizza and cookie nights. 111 w E L C O M E H O M E t Portland. Oregon of all the exotic ports we visited, this was the one most feverishly anticipated. 112 PETUNIA PENGUIN Now Standby (o receive our loved ones aboard. AWARDS AND Capt. Hewel received a Coast Guard Commendation medal for his work these two years aboard Glacier. The command made it a point to publicly acknowledge personnel ' s achievements at quarters. Before breaking ranks any personnel to receive an award were called front and center, the XO would read the citation to the crew, then the Captain would present them with their citation and add his congratulations. This form of public recognition inspired all of us towards greater achievements E.M1 Farnsworth. MK1 Shenton and SN Ney receive Good Conduct medals. P R E S E N T A T I O N S CapL Hewel congratulates ET2 Parsons on being a runner-up After 30 years. Polar Pete finally receives his long overdue for Sailor of the Cruise. Antarctic Service Medal. 113 SAILING LIST OFFICERS CAPT WILLIAM P. HEWEL CDR PAUL L. HAGSTROM LT JAY C. ELLIS LT SCOTT J. GLOVER LT JAY D. MELOTT LT JODY B. TURNER LTJG DOUGLAS D. HEYES LTJG KURT J. BEIER LTJG JAMES E. MCCAFFERY LTJG DOUGLAS R MENDERS LTJG DAVID A MCBRIDE ENS WILLIAM C. KEEPLER III ENS LORI A DOWD ENS ALYNN K FULLAWAY CW04 GEORGE F. HILLEGAS I CW03 BRUCE J. BRADY CW02 MICHAEL O. CARR CW02 FELIX T. ARUSIEWICZ CHIEFS DDC RUSSELL A BERG MSTC STEVEN BUCHANAN MKCM JAMES L. GOWEN RMC MICHAEL D. HOOPAUGH MKC MICHAEL D. HUDSON EMCS DANIEL Q. IBANEZ HSC GARY E. MAEL BMC BRENT A MULFORD RDC JAMES A MURRAY QMCM WILLIAM K NITZCHE MKC MICHAEL W. NORTON ETCM GERALD E. ODE DCC JUSTIN B. PARDI SKC ROGER L. PUTMAN YNC CONNIE D. ROLLINSON SSC ANDRES A SANTIAGO, JR. MKC GERALD L. WHITE EMC RANDALL C. WILLIAMS DECK SA HUGH S. AUSTIN SN RAYMOND K AVERY SN JAMES C. BELL, JR. SN KENNETH C. BERGSTEN BM2 GARY E. BUTTS SN MATTHEW G. CARLSON BM1 DANIEL J. CRISTLER SA DARBY D. COBB SN TERRELL A. COLE, JR. SN MARTIN R. CLOUSER SN KENNETH D. DAHLIN SN PATRICK M. DANNELLY GM3 DOUGLAS D. DELAPORTE SA WILLIAM S. DEVINE SA DAVID M. EVRAETS SN MARK A. FERNANDEZ SN GREGG W. GOLDEN SA ADRIAN GONZALEZ SA MARK G. GREGORY SN STEPHEN E. HARNBY BM3 THOMAS P. HARRIS SA KENNETH R. JOHNSON SA DIANE E. KIMBRIL SA SCOTT J. LARSON BM3 DAVID D. LEE SA CLIFFORD 0. LITTLE SN EUGENE W. MORRISON SA SHARON A. NEY SA STUART C. OLSEN SA LOUIS M. PASCAVAGE SN JUAN R. RIVERO SA ERIK J. SEMBACH SA JAMES R. SOBOCINSKI BM2 BRUCE W. TERRELL SA CHANCE W. VEGLIACICH SN BRENDA WEBB SN CECIL M. WHITEFACE SA CHARLES W. WILCOX SN LOUIS D. WILKES, JR. SR EDWARD J. YOUNG, JR. SA JEFFREY A. ZONDERVAN ENGINEERS FA AMIN S. ABDUL-WAHHAB FN FRANK P. ALAMILLO FA ANTONIO E. ANDERSON MK2 PETER K BATAYIAS II EM3 CORNELLO P. BAQUIRAN MK3 SHERMAN D. BOHANNON FN RENE R. BORQUEZ DC3 JAMES C. BURGERT DC1 MICHAEL A BURNS FA DAVID A CARR DC3 JEFFREY J. CLAFLIN MK2 DAVID K COONS MK1 FREDERICK A. CRIPPEN DC1 ROBERT C. CROSSEN DC3 ERNEST J. CURTIS, JR. FA GARY J. CUTTING EM3 DONALD S. CUYKENDALL MK3 DANNY L. DALLAS EM3 WILLIAM H. DAMSKE FN JOHN P. DEBONIS MK1 ROBERT M. DENNIS FA RANDALL H. DOVEL FA WILLIAM R. ELMS, JR. EMI GUY FARNSWORTH FN JOHN W. FERNANDES EM3 DANIEL W. FISHER DC3 GEORGE L. FOSS EM3 PAUL F. FULLER FN TAD A GENTILE MK2 RORRY R GETCHELL EM3 JAVIER R GONZALEZ FA MATTHEW A. HALLAGER DC1 DAVID C. HARRIS FA MATTHEW C. HARSCH FN HAAKON O. HELLAND MK2 GARY C. HOOFNAGLE MK1 NICHOLAS P. JACKMAN FA JOHN L. JETER MK3 DERRICK W. JONES EM3 JAMES L. JONES MK3 DANNY R JOUBERT MK3 ERIC W. JUHLIN MK1 WAYNE T KITCHEN FA RONALD P. KUYPERS FA DANIEL L. LAUER MK3 PHILLIP R LOVE MK3 STEVEN R LOWELL FN JORGE L. MANSO FA MITCHELL M. MCFADDEN EM2 WILLIAM W. MCKENNA MK3 JOHN E MCMAHON MK1 ALVIN H. MERSING MK2 TERRY L. MICHALSKI FA THERESA M. MOONEY EM2 DAVID R MUNIZ EM3 JAMES E. NEWSOME MK3 DEAN W. PATTON EM3 PAUL R PETERSON MK1 CHARLES D. PHELPS EMI CARL D. PIEPLOW MK1 ROBERT J. PIERSON EM3 BRYAN K REGIER FN JORGE A RODRIGUEZ 114 MK2 ROBERT A ROSENOW FA DIRK R. RUSSELL FN DAVE M. SCHINDLER FA MICHAEL A SCHEEL MK1 MICHAEL E. SHENTON MK3 MYRON D. SHIELDS EM3 JON J. SHORE FA LORNA K SLATTERY EM3 HEIDI J. SOTELO FA JUAN E. SOTO DC3 DOUGLAS L. STAMPER FA BASHIR C. SULTAN FA LARRY R THOMPSON II DC3 KErTH VALPREDA MK3 TERRENCE F. VANDERWERF FA SHAUN A WALTON OPERATIONS ET2 KEVIN L. BENDER ET3 BRADEN D. BRAZIER YN2 MICKEL F. BRINCAT RD3 LARRY A CARTER RD3 JAMES S. CHEETHAM QM2 CHRISTOPHER R COLE RD3 STEPHEN A CROFOOT RD3 SCOTT T. CRYER ET3 DOUGLAS S. DUFORE RM2 JOHN P. DUNN MST2 JOHN A FISHER QM1 ELIZABETH C FLEMING SNRM CHRISTOPHER C GILBERT ET3 MARTIN M. HARLESS ET1 MARK S. HOWARD TT3 JOSEPH S. KRZYKWA ET1 ROBERT J. MANNING QM3 JEAN A MILLER RM2 DAVID L. MOORE MST3 KEITH A NASSE YN3 STEVEN J. NF.F.l FY RM3 GREGORY D. NELSON MST3 SLOANE C. OTTO ET2 MICHAEL PARSONS RM2 ERIK M. PLESSET RM3 ERICH W. PRIEN QM2 DIANE R RASMUSSON RM1 TERRY K ROSS RD3 DVID SAPP QM2 DAVID W. SCHULER RD3 MAURJC C. THOMAS MST2 LISA L. TINDALL MST2 RICHARD L. WHARTON SUPPLY SS3 KIM E. AHNER SS3 JOHN T. ASHTON SS3 TIMOTHY B. CERVANTEZ SS3 SUSAN L. CLERICO SSI ROBERTA FOSTER SS3 DANIEL J. GOMES SK2 PAUL W. HEWnT SK3 CARLENEJ. HISAW SK3 NORMAN RIVERA SK3 ENEMIAS ROCHA SS3 JAMES A. ROGERS SNSS STEPHEN P. SOMMA SS3 MANUEL C VTVERO SSI CONRAD L. WALLACE AVDENT110 LCDR ADOLPH E. ZIMMER LT CHARLES L. PRUDHOMME LTJG KEVIN M. ROBB LTJG CHRISTOPHER M. RIENDEAU ADC DONALD A FORD AD1 MICHAEL R MARSHALL ATI HARRY B. STEVEN AE1 GEORGE L. STEPHENS AMI LAWRENCE B. BEALE AD2 VINCENT J. ARNOLD AT2 GUY R CASHMAN AD2 JAMES R MANNING II AE3 JOEL D. LAWRENCE AM3 BRYANT A DENNING TAD DIVERS MKl MAGARO SEA CADETS DAVID O ' SULLIVAN PAUL GRAHAM SCIENTISTS CRUISE 1 JOHN ANDERSON GAIL ASHLEY DAVE BREWSTER DAVE DEMASTER ROSS ELLIOT THOMAS GRIFFITH MARGARET HERRON SCOT ISHMAN DOUG KENNEDY BRENT MCKEE CRUISE 2 ARNEAARSETT JOHN BENGSTON KURT BUCK KENDRADALY BILLFRASER GRETA FRYXELL DAVE GARRISON RICHARD GOULD STEVE KOTTMEIR MICHAEL LIZOTTE ROBIN MUENCH DAVE NELSON ALBERT RODRIGUEZ LARRY SPEAR BRENT STEWART CORNELIUS SULLIVAN ERIC SYVERTSEN JOSE TORRES DAVE WILSON PASSENGERS GEORGE MANGOLD NORM BATTAGLIA CEBERT BRYAN HOPPE BRYAN 115 w I N D S A N D ...Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sung O grave, where is thv victory 1 Corinthians 15:54-55. TAPS Men must endure Riperess is all. Shakespeare. 116 They ' re going hence, even as their coming hither. On December 15. 1985. we held memorial services and committed the ashes of SKC William Lawrence. Jr.. L ' SCG (Ret) to the deep at position 12 degrees -0.25TS ' . 64 degrees-10.6 ' W. A former Glacier crew member, he joined the Coast Guard in 1959 and served in Salvia, Cle- matis as well as numerous shore units until his retirement in Juneau, .Alaska after 20 years of service. He is survived by his wife and two children. They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters: these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. Psalms 107: 23-24. To SKC Laurence and all departed Glacier sailors: Fair Winds and Following Seas. F O L L O W I N G S E A S Ill WALSWORTH Cruise Book Sales Office PUBLISHING 912 Skvlark Drive COMPANY La Jolla. CA 92037 MARCELINE MISSOURI, USA ■™ • — i — i — J i i l : : i _ i l : - - - z fW ■: a u mm? . a H) i i ii l _. t ! IN -• I I 1
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