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LARGE ANIMALS AND WIDE HORIZONS: AD
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Chapter 1 Return to Antarctic work:
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confirmed as permanent and pensiona
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Raymond Priestley, (renowned as a h
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especially albatrosses and large nu
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soon as possible. But first I had t
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Chapter 2 Antarctic Journey: l970 -
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island. The tussock was very rough
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getting off again through the surf.
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year, but the fog brought duskiness
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and be exposed to their raucous sho
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were impressive with misty greys, s
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A very fine day followed with Coron
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fish traps and later as boatman to
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one hand and raise my legs to let i
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While Jerry did some more diving, A
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was used on a 350 m nylon rope, run
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Signy and work on the island before
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waves washing over the lower areas.
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I then wrote up the day's results.
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were very few suitable haul-out are
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on specific research areas was set
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studies of the seven Antarctic seal
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England), "Za CCCR" (to the USSR) a
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in 1973 the total staff was some 35
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Surprisingly there was opposition w
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accommodation between for my multip
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in Stanley Harbour that evening. Ne
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I went ashore on a fine clear morni
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were swimming around the gemini. At
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Diaz. I was particularly interested
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use Grant's cooling Units and colle
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food store hut and a small general
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Back to the ship at 2.15 pm through
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about 11.30 am I went ashore - or r
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and some emperors out on the pack.
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the Pole if we had wanted and the o
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were quite different in this respec
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Chapter 6 Continuing Antarctic Jour
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destination, and the sledge parties
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Sound. The melt pools were still fr
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We held a long discussion before an
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the rainbow - a ‘Brocken spectre
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hundreds of tons detached and fell
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we had Mateus Rosé with our dinner
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iology and answering questions unti
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continued spectacular as we approac
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about a mile offshore, where we wer
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swans that flew off. Later seven of
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with the Hopsons and subsequently t
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Chapter 7 Antarctic Journeys: 1975-
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fort, through an entrance gate and
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We called in at the construction of
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more talks with people and then din
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ight sunshine, ploughing through th
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with a dusty band of Fids - they ha
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and spent some time on the bridge.
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people were having to camp on the w
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ship at N9 on Friday, when it saile
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decided not to fly a planned VLF (p
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another geophysics team. They also
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and we had tea and biscuits with th
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U. geomorphologists BAS was support
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interest of science exclam" After d
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passed a passenger ship Apollon II.
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also some black-browed albatrosses,
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ack along the shore. Back at the ho
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Hilton near the airport. Next day w
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the region: the marine otter was st
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decided that the BAS flight uplifti
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Later another male hauled out near
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(Nevertheless I think the crabeater
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and 30 females from mated pairs. Th
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elephant seals after so long, parti
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sound, the pulses quite distinct an
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overcast with a slight to moderate
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moved up the centre of the strait.
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weaned Weddell pups. The adult Wedd
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nevadas - were orange and gold with
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and Bahia Blanca, arriving at BA ab
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the community was clearly a happy o
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at the base with Clive Johnson (GA)
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upper storey to give a view, to mov
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my own hair; this has saved me both
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species; gentoos were disporting in
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New Year's Eve. We were due to arri
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dependence experiment (Bill Doidge
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new Convention on Antarctic Marine
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one skua were the only other birds
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papers and Nelson was transmitting
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totally enclosed - no open bridge w
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hypothesis. It was film night: Jame
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e made. There could be no guarantee
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completed (for that visit). Martin
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‘Sierra’ (tip of the peninsula)
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winter with everyone pulling their
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We sailed next morning. I slept, th
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involved in solving his problems. "
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Chapter 13 Scientist among Diplomat
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Consultative Meeting a Recommendati
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CRAMRA applies to the area south of
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oth within the system and to the ou
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Conservation of Antarctic Seals (CC
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species are killed outside the Anta
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Comprising about a tenth of the wor
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much of the arguments relating to t
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Chapter 14 SCAR: Four Decades of Ac
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Antarctic which was agreed at the S
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Advisers; R Fraser and E Herbays we
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national representatives". A Quater
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practice this was unworkable becaus
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Chapter 15 Master of Saint Edmund's
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forty countries, giving the College
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clearly separated; that will make p
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that all in all this would give me
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students and staff - to do somethin
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ut a basic practical requirement. H
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professional performer." "There are
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claimed, as Bursar, full delegated
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the Articles (of Associaition) l8 a
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traumatic arguments of the last few
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national legislation had superior w
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ealised that Glazebrook had been th
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I acknowledged his letter briefly,
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whether the Master had any authorit
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On 16 December the Visitor's Solici
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treatment for a nervous breakdown.
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September, without saying why. Seco
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could issue letters of the sort and
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Committee". The Committee reported
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On 8 May Holifield wrote to the Fel
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correspondence and in his celebrate
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around me the strongest team of off
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only a good number of my fellow stu
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the College and for maintaining and
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members of the catholic heirarchy,
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Chapter 16 Last Antarctic Journey,
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Hambledon (formerly Don and Marjori
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could see the coast on the radar sc
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electric shock with different patte
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I wrote until 10.15 am, then went u
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we should be in Bird Sound c. 4 o
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The three winterers went out to the
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What was different was that the ice
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demonstrate it. It records the ice
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same stable) was held up in Stanley
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Publications by RICHARD M. LAWS (Sc
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for Life. Filmed by C.D.B.Thomas. 1
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57*. R.M.LAWS 1968c. Dentition and
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86*. R.M.LAWS, PARKER, I.S.C. and J
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Antarctic Survey: Annual report, 19
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137*. R.M.LAWS 1984b. (Editor) Anta
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163. R.M. LAWS 1986c. Endangered sp
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190. R.M. LAWS 1989e. A dangerous c
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219*. R.M. LAWS 1993d. Identificati
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244. R.M. LAWS l995b. William Nigel
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Short curriculum vitae of Richard M