Palmer Station Winter 1990

new heights

Above, the enlarged photo from the original hanging in the Rogues Gallery:

up and away


Well, there are twelve intrepid Palmerites in the photo,
hmmm. Here is the NSF winterover list of eleven:
  ASA
Ronnie Baltz              Materials person
Tony F. D'Aoust           General field assistant
Matthew Davidson          Carpenter
Andrew A. Deering         Station manager/facility engineer
Dennis Deering            Power plant mechanic
Gregg A. Esche            Carpenter foreman
Dennis Miller             Cook
David Mobley              Science technician
Al Oxton                  Communications technician
James (Thumper) Porter    Carpenter
Lisa Radke                Administrative assistant
Ed Whittle                Physician

Source: Antarctic Journal, June 1990

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