Pat Fielder is Halley's wintering Vehicle Mechanic. He is currently sporting a fine mohican hair-do. Pat is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the 15 large vehicles, including Caterpillar bulldozers and Sno-cats and 30 skidoos. He first came to the Antarctic in the austral summer of 1998/99 as a mechanic and had such a ‘stunning' time, thought ‘blimey' I'll do a winter. In October 1999 he returned, first spending five happy weeks at the Signy Island, a summer only base. He assisted with the opening of Signy after the winter, then travelled onto Halley on RRS Ernest Shackleton. Prior to his Antarctic travels, Pat worked mainly in the agricultural sector in Cheshire, England. What he misses most are Amanda and motorcycles (in that order specifically)! He spends his free time here mainly keeping fit and reading. Pat is also the base librarian but unfortunately forgot to bring his twin set and pearls.

Andy Cope is currently spending his second winter here as Halley's Electrician. Before working for BAS, Andy lived in Bristol, England, working as an electrical contractor throughout the South West. Andy maintains the electrical side of the generators, ensuring the power supply to the heat traces, heating panels and lighting as well as refrigeration (believe it or not, we do need some) and general electrical maintenance. He is also Deputy Base Commander and Fire Officer. Old hobbies of Volkswagens and surfing have been laid aside for the time being, replaced with ski-ing, photography and woodwork amongst other things, but he looks forward to his tour of South America in a ‘Splitty' camper in the austral autumn of 2001. He'd like to say hello to all his family and friends.

Richard Borthwick is Halley's Mechanical Services Technician and sailed from the UK on RRS Ernest Shackleton. Richard served his apprenticeship as a General Mechanical Fitter with BNFL and went on to work at Blackpool Victoria Hospital for 3 years. Living in Fleetwood in the Northwest of England he was heavily involved with the Scouting movement and also enjoyed fell walking and live music. In the spare time he has, Richard enjoys ski-ing and wood work and the making of birthday presents. Most of his time is spent maintaining the heat and ventilation systems which is fed from waste heat produced by the generators, along with the essential water supply from the underground melt tank to the main buildings and the base outgoing waste water. Richard can be woken at any time to respond to a warning light which leads him to a problem which can only be solved by being ‘Grifter Shifter'. We shall give no further details. He would like to say hello to all his family and friends and of course, Clare.