Staten Island (AGB 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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banding parties, observation groups and the like roamed the premises. The Coast Guard icebreaker NORTHWIND was also at Hallett, but a change of plans diverted her to assume the tasks of the GLACIER, leaving STATEN ISLAND to finish up NORTHVVIND3 work, which consisted of completing the evacuation of Little America V. So back to the other end of the Ross Sea went STATEN ISLAND and ARNEB, and the last remaining personnel and sup- plies were taken aboard, the remnants being left to the wind and snow. The familiar sight of Bit. Erebus in Nlchlnrdo Sound greeted us once more, as the icebreaker got in a few more licks at lengthening the channel. Finally she was relieved by NORTHXVIND, and the long voyage out of the Ross Sea and around the continent to the Indian Ocean side-and XVilkes Station- was about to begin. CLEVER l.lTTl.E BIRDS: NICHOLAS AG2 topper rightl RICH- ARD PENNEY flower leftl and RAINER GOLDSMITH llovver rightl civilians, all have their moments at Hallett with the clever little creatures who make this Antarctic paradise their summer headquarters Cmiddle rightl. all 1 x- QQ X A In 0' -ga . 'f .- -. '--s.- 4',---ww 55' ,aff 1 ' ' ' ' , ..- ru ., Q 4 I , ', ' ' --if Y . - ' ' . ' 4 - V ,V .L . ,. . Lt... , . , . I - ,--.- -, .. I-x,. A , - Q- . .. . x . rf 1 . J ' t ' i if I Eff V in -'li' 1Ahf fL Q. N -lf FM ' .L - ' J ' 5- , -J?-i,2,f.' ,ff ' 'rg .-Q-.I - 4 f fi -t.-. -f ISM., -5-'f - 'M HY.: ery! king? .61 Q A . la D? ss at - , A 5 A ., Q,-- . ., .7 N, 45-3 ,gh A, .Al-sho. ' 1 line. ' ig X goliixgl' agp, f - :vs .-. J 'I .,'Q1 t sei' ., 1, ke. '- a, V . . ,gi gi as , Av if- -'WV' 'L.-l..-- quid-f 'fl7' ' S bf, 39 7-:WM ,4-'ft ' A -- -f- Lf f'f

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, , - , rx - U., 'isp f -F-i, 22-Lius....o1:. an W' 11,1 nf' ' CAPE HAHETT: GARDEN SPOT OF THE ANTARCTIC After a short stop at McMurdo to transfer Little Ameri- ca acquisitions, the icebreaker was off once more, lead- ing the now empty NESPELEN out the channel, through the pack that hugged Beaufort Island and into open water. After a days steaming, STATEN ISLAND then made its rendezvous with the cargo vessel AHNEIS fahove leftj and headed for Cape Hallett. Of all the magnificent and other-worldly vistas to he viewed in the Antarctic, there is little douht that Cape Hallett is the most breathtaking. It is ringed hy jagged mountains and picturesque hergsg glaciers and icefalls abound, and with every passing hour the Antarctic sun changes the shadows and glinting colors in a glorious panorama. if .A ' 514,11 ., .,,,-.M--,.x f 15' K .4 i T. :J -L f -. rf . ws. qgiplpizun V' ' - .5 Q, Suv!-i i l ',,J 'fl --K 1 W -e -fF'i'5r, -9 t i M. - , ,- , -4 ,ylfm Q' gain r W V- Q F, 4- , Half the day the harhor at Hallett is clogged with ice of all sorts and description, and then, like clockwork with the ehhing tide, the Hoes and bergs and growlers move out once again. During these periods off-loading operations took place via the ARNEB LCM's, while STATEN ISLAND experienced a few days of well- earned rest. The hase at Hallett is nestled in the shadow of a high cliff, and its principal feature is a large and unruly penguin rookery which sprawls for acres in every direc- tion. A numher of the parent hirds were out at sea during our visit. hut there were chicks galore, and their antics provided constant amusement. To the various scientists aboard, though, this was serious business, and penguin I I 1 ,v W M, ' ti' lt ' ' gf '59-E y i .' l4S41d.??.fe.-

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493' -A U K Mk EN ROUTE T0 WILKES The trip around to Wilkes was not a dull one as the xx exe several diversions worthy of notlce The first these conceined the desire of an Antarctic veteran to see h15 old home SIR RAYMOND PRIESTLEY of England fpictuied leitj xx IS one of our most notable guests during OPEP -XTION DEEPFREEZE IV This years recipient of the Founder s Med il of the Roy il Geographical Society SIR HAXNIOND has many years of efcplorlng and scien- tific work in distant places belnnd him including serv- ice with the Shackleton and Scott expeditions to the Antarctic shortly after the turn of the twentieth century. f Among his adventures are included spending an entire Antarctic winter in a cave of ice with a few weeks pro- visions, augmented by seals and penguins, waiting foi? the ship that never camel One winter, however, SIR RAYMOND remained in the Antarctic in relative comfort, at Cape Adare, the north- western corner of the Ross Sea. His hut is still standing tsee helowl as we found out when we stopped at Cape