List of Personnel at Wilkes 1957 Winter
This list was compiled by Pat Patterson.
List of Navy Personnel
| Don Burnett Ltjg. CEC, USNR | Officer in Charge |
| Sheldon Grinnell Lt. USNR | Doctor, USN Medical corp |
| Fred Charlton Chief Petty Officer | Electronics |
| Jim Powel Chief Petty Officer | Meterologist ( USN Weather ) |
| Paul Wyche Petty Officer | USN Weather |
| Bill Lilienthal Petty Officer | USN Weather |
| Carl Bailey Petty Officer | USN Weather |
| Don Bradford Petty Officer | Radioman |
| Ken Hailstorm Petty Officer | Radioman |
| Paul Noonan Petty Officer | Photographer |
| George Magee Petty Officer | Carpenter/Builder |
| Robert McIntyre Petty Officer | Mechanic |
| Sydney Green Petty Officer | Driver (Heavy Equipment Operator) |
| Duane Wonsey Non Rated | Assistant Mechanic |
| Edward Bousquet Petty Officer | Utilities |
| Dave Daniel Petty Officer | Cook and Head Chef |
| A.H. Patterson Petty Officer | Electrician |
I have 2 copies of this list from Pat. The other was sent to Bill Burch. The main difference was with the description "USN Weather", which Pat also described as "Aerographer".
List of Science Personnel
| Dr. Carl Eklund | Station Scientific Leader |
| Dr. Richard Berkley | Geophysicist |
| Dr. Richard Cameron | Glaciologist |
| Dr. Gilbert Dewart | Seismologist |
| Dr. Ralph Glasgal | Auroral Physicist |
| Rudi Honkala | Meteorologist |
| Dr. Olav Loken | Glaciologist |
| Garth Stonehocker | Ionospheric Physicist |
| John Molholm | Glaciolologist |
The Wilkes IGY scientists during the 1957 winter. Winter 1957. Photo by Olav H. Loken.
Dogs
As listed by Gil Dewart in "Jouney to the Ice Age", which includes extensive stories about the dogs and trips taken with the dogs.
| Kao | Short haired Labrador Eskimo |
| Pookie (bitch) | Siberian huskie |
| Petya | Siberian huskie |
| Kim | Siberian huskie |
| Kita | Siberian huskie |
| Kageluk | Mixed breed - "large wolf-like animal" |
| Horizon | Alaska malemute |
| Smokey | Alaska malemute |
Mid year Pookie was mated with Horizon. She had pups in June. All were still born, or shortly died, except a black and white pup which was named Mukluk.
Mukluk