Part III: Antarctica and Academe - Scott Polar Research Institute

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Chapter 14 SCAR: Four Decades of Achievement One of the major enthusiasms and satisfactions of my life has been my involvement in Antarctic research, and with the international scientific organization known as SCAR. Forty or fifty years ago the emphasis of Antarctic work was still largely on geographical discovery. As recounted in chapter 5, half a century ago, in l948, I was experiencing my first of 3 winters in the Antarctic: man-hauling and camping at -40°C in the South Orkney Islands, with totally inadequate equipment. At the beginning I was 21 years old and newly graduated, the Base Leader of a team of 3 men - the smallest wintering party since l922 - and none of us with previous polar experience. We lived in a hut c. 8m x 4m and initially had to build a laboratory from local material - the remains of an old whaling station. This was happening ten years before SCAR was formed and our way of life had much in common with the experiences of others during the "heroic era", decades earlier. My field research broke new ground but over the first two years was conducted in almost complete isolation and there was no other national component, let alone an international element. A few years later, however, the Norwegian-British-Swedish Expedition (1952-53) not only put scientific investigation before geographical discovery, but was the first largescale international Antarctic expedition ever to be organized. In the 50 years since my introduction to Antarctic work there has been a great expansion in Antarctic science and international collaboration is now commonplace. For 40 years SCAR has had a very significant role in all this. But what are my qualifications for writing about SCAR? My first SCAR meeting was in Paris in l962 (the first SCAR Biology Symposium) and since l972 I have attended every Delegates' meeting and many other SCAR meetings as UK Delegate, member or Chairman of 3 Working Groups, Member or Convenor of 2 Groups of Specialists, of the BIOMASS Executive and of that programme's various subgroups. I was President of SCAR from l990-94 and a member of its Executive until l998 and am now one of five Honorary 318
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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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15. A case could be made for a surf
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Serolis went on around the coast, p
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trail in the sea, the planets Jupit
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phone call to Harold Bennett (Coron
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small restaurant - bifé de lomo of
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Probably the wind was crossing Sign
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Argentine establishment: rows of re
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after dinner watched a film "Loopho
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quality and well-maintained. This t
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I went ashore next morning to visit
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Chapter 8 South Georgia and the Fal
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Harbour. The Caiman was flying the
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Caiman asked for permission to proc
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drinks and lunch in his small cabin
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then received and relayed to the sh
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which was probably the ship departi
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British Territory. There was much s
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of at least one frigate. Two other
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Before he left the base, he transmi
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The first real worry came at 21.00
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Next day, while the British Fleet s
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forces came over the top to GH. The
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4. The Military Governor guarantees
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was to join forces with the RFA Tid
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y helicopter at Hestesletten and th
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Chapter 9 After the war, BAS expans
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this time Kenneth Baker, the Cabine
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Chapter 10 Antarctic Journey: l983
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move to UK, but Crown Agents would
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conditions improved, but still with
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ship in the scow, climbing aboard a
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the shelf and the ship would have t
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they had to be manouevred into posi
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among large floes with very little
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The light was good and it was calm.
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splashing as they porpoised showing
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were beautiful and the inshore wate
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Force Officer would collect us at 9
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Chapter 11 Great waters: The Southe
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South America it even flows markedl
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that there has probably been no sig
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T he unique physics and chemistry o
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day. This overall pattern is compli
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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
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