1963 Winter Over Personnel of Wilkes Station
WILKES - Winter 1963 all IN on V2(62-63), all OUT on V2(63-64) Officer in charge: Richard Alan (Dick) Saxton Medical Officer: Kenneth Edmund Hicks Cook: Frederick James Ritchie Senior Diesel Mechanic: Cyril Victor Morgan Assistant Diesel Mechanic: Brian Geoffrey Wilkinson Mechanic Driver: Fredrick Alexander Spence Electrical Fitter: Raymond David Ash Plumber: Peter Ivan Ormay Supervising Technician (radio): Graeme James Currie Radio Technician: John Francis McKenzie Radio Operator-in-Charge: Ivan Neville Thomas Radio operator: Bryan Paul Ryder Radio Operator: Edmund Vincent Davern Radio Operator: Geoffrey Butterworth Meteorologist: Roger P Mallory USA Weather Observer: Thomas Kevin Gleeson Weather Observer: Peter Richard Chapman Technician (electronics): Charles W Webster USA Physicist (ionosphere): Stephen William Grimsley Physicist (ozone): Russel William Thompson USA Physicist (cosray): Greenhill member of summer party who had to overwinter because Nella Dan V3 (62-63) could not get into Wilkes. Geophysicist: Roy Whitworth what did he OUT on? Glaciologist: Robin Alfred Simon Seismologist: Malcolm Kirton
The wintering party comprised 23 expeditioners. Seismic traverses were conducted in the autumn and spring. Glaciological, gravity, geomagnetic and meteorological observations were also made. The very rough terrain encountered resulted in severe metal fatigue in the vehicles.
Reference "Antarctic Events Database" data of the Australian Antarctic Data Center
Wilkes 1963 Winter Crew
Large version of Wilkes base group photo 1963. Photo thanks to AAD Image Library.
