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Interview of Alan F. Neidle by Brian Shoemaker
Neidle, Alan F. ( 2007-12-07 )Alan Neidle is best remembered as a principal negotiator of the Antarctic Treaty. Soon after graduating from Yale in 1950, he served three years in the Army during the Korean War. This enhanced his interest in international ... -
Interview of Alan H. Shapley by Brian Shoemaker
Shapley, Alan H. ( 2008-01-02 )Dr. Alan Shapley began his long polar career in Alaska, where he worked for several years during the late 1940’s on ionospheric and radio research at the Central Radio Propagation Laboratory (CRPL) in Anchorage. He also ... -
Interview of Albert L. Raithel by Brian Shoemaker
Raithel, Albert L. ( 2012-01-06 )Capt. Raithel had a very short career with VX-6 during Deep Freeze II (1956-57). However, he flew one of the first P2V’s there and his narrative gives a good understanding of the development of P2V operations in Antarctica. ... -
Interview of Alfred H. George by Karen Nichols Brewster
George, Alfred H. ( 2007-12-31 )After college at Oregon State and three years in military service, Alfred George spent 11 years in the U.S. Forest Service, at the Mt. Hood National Ranger District. He worked in fire control and office management. He ... -
Interview of Anthony Jack Gow by Brian Shoemaker
Gow, Anthony Jack ( 2006-06-02 )Dr. Gow described his early life and education through the Doctor of Science in New Zealand. In 1957, he accepted a position with the Snow, Ice, and Permafrost Research Establishment (SIPRE) and joined the ice core drilling ... -
Interview of Arlo U. Landolt by Brian Shoemaker
Landolt, Arlo U. (Arlo Udell), 1935- ( 2005-07-12 )Dr. Landolt was born in Illinois and did his undergraduate work at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. During his time at Miami he first heard of the IGY (International Geophysical Year) through library publications. In ... -
Interview of Benjamin Remington by Brian Shoemaker
Remington, Benjamin ( 2006-11-14 )Benjamin Remington was a meteorologist on Operation Deepfreeze II (January through December 1957) and also during IGY (International Geophysical Year) 1958-1959. Remington was one of the first civilians in Little America ... -
Interview of Bernard G. Koether by Brian Shoemaker
Koether, Bernard G. ( 2009-07-06 )Mr. Bernard G. Koether (Ben) has a very unique polar background. He grew up in City Island, New York and spent much of his formative years as a teenager and college student involved with sailing ships. In the summer of ... -
Interview of Calvin Larsen by Brian Shoemaker
Larsen, Calvin ( 2006-06-01 )Calvin Larsen, distinguished polar photographer, and Lt. Commander USN, enlisted in the Navy at age 17 near the end of WWII before completing High School in Culbertson, Montana. He served at various stations in the Pacific ... -
Interview of Carl S. Benson by Karen Nichols Brewster
Benson, Carl S. ( 2005-07-12 )Dr. Carl Benson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 23, 1927 to Swedish immigrant parents. In 1944 Dr. Benson joined the Navy, where he served as an aviation machinist's mate until September 1946, at which point ... -
Interview of Charles A. Burroughs by Brian Shoemaker
Burroughs, Charles A. ( 2012-01-06 )Capt. Burroughs was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey upon graduation from the University of Connecticut in 1958 and was immediately sent to Alaska aboard the R/V Patton, a small hydrographic ... -
Interview of Charles F. Passel by Raimund E. Goerler
Passel, Charles F. ( 2005-07-12 )Charles Passel, a geologist trained at Miami University of Ohio by F. Alton Wade, was a major participant in the third Antarctic Expedition at Little America [U.S. Antarctic Service Expedition, 1939-1940] led by Admiral ... -
Interview of Chester Segers by Brian Shoemaker and Dian O. Belanger
Segers, Chester ( 2005-08-16 )Chester Segers was a cook for Operation Deepfreeze. Segers interest in the Arctic and Antarctic grew from stories he had heard involving Admiral Byrd’s Operation High Jump in 1947. He also recalled Paul Siple’s time in ... -
Interview of Clifford Hathaway by Brian Shoemaker
Hathaway, Clifford ( 2008-01-02 )After completing the 10th grade, Clifford Hathaway moved to California to be near his brother. He joined the Navy Reserve Program and eventually went to Air Traffic Control School. He worked the control tower at NAS ... -
Interview of Clifford Lewis Bekkedahl by Brian Shoemaker
Bekkedahl, Clifford Lewis ( 2007-06-29 )Cliff Bekkedahl was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from the public school system in Cleveland, and later graduated from Miami University of Ohio. At Miami he joined the Navy ROTC, and, upon graduation, ... -
Interview of Colin Bull by Brian Shoemaker
Bull, Colin ( 2007-06-27 )Dr. Bull was born in Birmingham, England, grew up in Herefordshire, and became a U.S. citizen in mid-1970s. When he was young, Dr. Bull read books regarding on Antarctic expeditions such as “South with Scott,” by Evans ... -
Interview of Craig W. Brown by Brian Shoemaker
Brown, Craig W., 1937- ( 2009-07-22 )Mr. Brown graduated from the University of Iowa in 1960 with a degree in electrical engineering. He was in graduate school at the University of Idaho when he read a U.S. Weather Bureau recruitment brochure for work in ... -
Interview of Dale R. Reed by Brian Shoemaker
Reed, Dale R. ( 2009-07-22 )Born: Lakewood, Colorado on June 7 1935. BS Electrical Engineering (57) and MS Electrical Engineering (65), University of Colorado, Boulder. Father was mentor – influenced him to become an engineer. Employed (57) by ... -
Interview of David Norman Grisez by Lynn B. Lay
Grisez, David Norman ( 2006-06-01 )Mr. Grisez begins his interview with a discussion of the Navy and his reasons for joining, including learning a trade and seeing the world. He moves quickly to a discussion of Operation Deep Freeze and the selection process ... -
Interview of David Welch by Laura J. Kissel
Welch, David, 1918- ( 2008-10-27 )David “Kelly” Welch went to Franklin College in Indiana and graduated in 1940. He then went to the Naval Academy for the “V7” officer training and after three months, became a naval officer. He took a position in Antarctica ...