Oral History Project - List of interviews
British Antarctic Oral History Project (BAOHP) - Recordings received by BAS Archives Service by 31 August 2011
Individual interviews - arranged by surname
| Name | Date interviewed | Format | Archive reference | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Adie, FIDS/BAS 1946–1950, 1956–1984, geologist and deputy director, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.04 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/19 | |
| Neil Aitkenhead, FIDS/BAS geologist 1959–65. | 2009.10.21 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/55 | |
| Doug Allan BAS 1976–84. Signy, Halley. Diving officer, base commander. Wildlife cameraman. | 2011.06.19 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/128 | |
| Dennis Allsopp, visiting scientist at Signy Station, 1980–81 austral summer. | 2007.09.15 | Sound recording & Content notes | AD6/24/1/26 | |
| James Andrew, FIDS 1945–1947, medical officer, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.01 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/14 | |
| James Andrew, medical officer at Hope Bay and Deception Island 1945–47. | 2003.07.08 | Sound recording & Content notes |
AD6/24/1/15 | |
| Vicky Auld BAS 1997–2008. Halley, King Edward Point, Bird Island, Rothera. Physicist and base commander. | 2010.10.31 | Sound recording &Transcript | AD6/24/1/104 |
As one of the first women scientists to winter in the Antarctic You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| Christopher Andrews, BAS 1972–1976, medical officer, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.10 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/28 | |
| Eric H. Back, Operation Tabarin 1943–46. Port Lockroy and Hope Bay. Medical officer. | 1986.10.08 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/4 | |
| Kenn Back BAS 1963–78 Adelaide Island, Signy, Halley, Faraday, Rothera. Meteorological observer and base commander. Subsequently worked at the South Georgia Museum, 1995–98, and for UKAHT Port Lockroy, 1998–2000. | 2011.08.01 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/130 | |
| Nigel Bacon, BAS 1964–1967, cook, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.15 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/35 | |
| Roy ‘Bill’ Bailey, ionosphericist with the Department of Science and Industrial Research, visited Port Lockroy 1947–48. | 2009.07.04 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/40 |
How the ionospherics instrument ‘the beastie’ got its name You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| Tony Baker, BAS 1964–67. Halley. Carpenter. | 2010.06.11 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/74 | |
| John Baker, biologist with BAS 1965–71. | 2007.09.15 | Sound recording & Content notes | AD6/24/1/27 | |
| John Bawden retirement presentation. | 1990.03.08 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/2/4 | |
| Nicholas Beer, ship’s master and Captain of the RRS James Clark Ross. BAS 1972–94. | 2009.02.15 | Sound recording & Content notes | AD6/24/1/34 | |
| Andrew Bellars, BAS 1967/68. Summer season veterinary surgeon. | 2010.10.30 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/100 | |
| Ian Biggs, FIDS 1948–52. Admiralty Bay and South Georgia. Handyman. | 2010.09.27 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/88 | |
| Edward ‘Ted’ Bingham, FIDS 1946–47. Stonington Island and London. Field commander and medical officer. | 1985.05.24 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/1 | |
| David Blair, pilot 1962–64. | 2006.02.12 | Sound recording & Content notes | AD6/24/1/22 | |
| William ‘Bill’ Block, terrestrial zoologist 1976–97. | 2007.09.16 | Sound recording & Content notes | AD6/24/1/32 | |
| Peter Robert ‘Bob’ Bond, RAF pilot seconded to BAS 1960–63. | 2005.12.29 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/23 |
Transporting a dog team in a Single Otter aircraft You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly Forced landing in white-out conditions You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| Jennifer Bonner, widow of Nigel Bonner (FIDS 1953–56, FIG 1956–62, BAS 1974–88. South Georgia. Zoologist and deputy director, BAS.) Talking of Nigel’s life and work and her time on South Georgia as a young mother. | 2011.03.24 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/113 | |
| Nigel Bonner retirement presentation. | 1988.05.06 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/2/2 | |
| Robert ‘Bob’ Bostelmann, BAS 1972–73. Stonington Island. Veterinary surgeon. | 2010.09.09 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/68 | |
| Gordon Bowra, BAS 1963–64. Halley. Medical officer and physiologist. | 2010.09.21 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/87 | |
| Julian Brett, BAS 1964–66. Deception Island. Pilot. | 2010.07.06 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/83 | |
| James Broadway, BAS 1983–1986, medical officer, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.06 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/22 | |
| Mike Burgin, physiology/medical technician with BAS 1965–68. | 2007.09.15 | Sound recording & Content notes | AD6/24/1/28 | |
| Dave Burkitt, field general assistant, boatman and base commander BAS 1972–99. South Georgia, Stonington Island, Halley, Rothera, Port Lockroy. Continuing role as heritage specialist with the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust. | 2010.05.06 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/67 | |
| Mike Burns BAS 1969–70. Stonington Island. Field geophysicist. | 2011.04.13 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/119 | |
| Raymon Cannon, BAS 1981–1986, terrestrial zoologist, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.02 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/17 | |
| Alan Carroll, ionosphericist, general assistant and Base Leader at Port Lockroy 1954–57. | 1998.11. | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/11 | |
| Edward Christopher ‘Ted’ Clapp, telegraphist/office manager 1957–77. | 2005.01.11 | Sound recording & Content notes |
AD6/24/1/19 | |
| Derek Clarke FIDS 1953–61. Argentine Islands, Hope Bay and Signy Island. Deisel mechanic. | 2010.10.28 | Sound recording |
AD6/24/1/92 |
The Whale Patting Club You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| Peter Clarkson, BAS 1968–89. Halley and BAS Cambridge. Geologist. Subsequently Executive secretary of SCAR. | 2010.10.13 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/89 |
Changing a fan belt at Belgrano Station You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| John Cole, BAS 1969–72, 1974–95. Ship’s officer and captain. | 2010.05.07 | Film & Content notes | AD6/24/1/72 | |
| Paul Coslett BAS 1967–68. Halley. Glaciologist. | 2011.06.17 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/122 | |
| John Croxall BAS 1976–2006. Bird Island. Bird biologist and Head of Birds and Mammals Section. | 2011.02.10 &2011.03.15 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/110 |
Description of Bird Island You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly Save the albatross research You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| John Dagless, FIDS 1956–1960, meteorologist/base leader, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.16 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/36 | |
| David Dalgliesh, FIDS 1948–50 and Royal Society 1955–1958, medical officer, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.11 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/29 | |
| Owen Darling, BAS 1968–1972, general assistant, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.01 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/15 | |
| Gwion Davies, Operation Tabarin 1943–46. Port Lockroy and Hope Bay. Stores offficer. | 1986.09.19 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/3 | |
| Gwion Davies, stores officer during Operation Tabarin, 1943–46. | 2003.07.18 | Film | AD6/24/1/13 | Describing how a ship in a bottle (now at Port Lockroy museum) was made (video) |
| Robert Dodson, Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–1948, geologist. |
2000.02 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/8 | |
| Noel Downham FIDS/BAS 1960–64. Admiralty Bay, Hope Bay, Stonington Island. Meteorologist, General Assistant and Base Commander. |
2010.10.29 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/97 | |
| David Drewry BAS 1987–94. Director. |
2010.11.17 &2011.01.06 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/107 |
Building the runway at Rothera - objection by Greenpeace You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| Frank Elliott, base leader, Base D, Hope Bay, 1946–47, and Secretary of FIDS 1946–58. | 1997.10.07 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/10 | |
| Mike Elliott BAS 1968–69. Adelaide Island and Fossil Bluff. Geologist. | 2010.10.29 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/96 | |
| William Alan ‘Dad’ Etchells, engineer/driver 1963–89. | 2009.06.15 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/35 | |
| Joe Farman retirement presentation. | 1990.08.31 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/2/3 | |
| Joseph Farman FIDS/BAS 1956–1990. Physicist. Interviewed by the British Library for their National Life Stories of British Scientists Project. | 2010 | Sound recording & Transcript & Film | BL shelf mark C1379/07 | |
| J.E.B.F. ‘Fram’ Farrington, Operation Tabarin 1943–46. Port Lockroy and Deception Island. Wireless operator. | 1986.12.01 = 1986.12.02 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/5 | |
| Jim Fellows | 2001.10.10 | Sound recording & Content notes | AD6/24/3/9.1 = AD6/24/3/9.2 | |
| James ‘Jim’ Fellows, FIDS meteorologist 1955–58. | 2009.11.06 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/57 | |
| Mike Fleet, FIDS/BAS geologist 1961–67. | 2009.10.20 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/52 | |
| Sir Vivian Fuchs. Broadcast ‘Of ice and men’. | 1984.07.10 = 1984.12.01 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/2 | |
| Alex Gaffikin BAS 1999–2000. Halley. Meteorlogist/physicist. | 2011.06.18 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/126 | |
| John ‘Golly’ Gallsworthy BAS 1968–76. Halley, South Georgia, various. Carpenter/builder. | 2011.06.17 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/123 | |
| Peter Gibbs FIDS 1957–59. Horseshoe Island, Stonington Island. Surveyor and base leader. | 2011.06.19 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/127 | |
| Ken Gibson, FIDS 1958–60. Deception Island and Admiralty Bay. Meterological observer. | 2010.06.12 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/77 | |
| Derek Gipps, senior logistics officer 1960–74. | 1997.07.30 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/9 | |
| Denis Goldring, FIDS 1957–58. Detaille Island. Geologist. | 2010.05.23 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/70 | |
| Alan Green, BAS 1963–1966, builder, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.14 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/33 | |
| Mark Green BAS 2009–10. Halley. Plumber and mechanical technician. | 2011.03.27 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/112 | |
| Ian Hampton, FIDS physiologist 1958–61. | 2009.10.21 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/56 | |
| Rolf Hansen, BAS 1991–1993, ship’s launchman, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera.[Never received] | 1993.02.08 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/26 | |
| Richard Harbour, FIDS/BAS 1959–1962, 1966–1967, surveyor, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.03 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/18 | |
| George Hemmen FIDS 1953–54. Admiralty Bay and Deception Island. Meteorologist and base leader. Association with Royal Society Halley Bay Base 1956–59. | 2010.11.08 | Sound recording &Transcript | AD6/24/1/106 | |
| Wally Herbert, FIDS 1955–1959, assistant surveyor, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.12 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/31 | |
| Barry Heywood, marine biologist 1961–88, deputy director 1988–94, and director of BAS, 1994–97. | 2009.09.04 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/47 |
Lobbying for increased funding for BAS following South Atlantic Conflict 1982 You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| David Hill, BAS 1966–1972, 1974–1981, logistics officer, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.05 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/21 | |
| John ‘Jack’ Hill, FIDS/BAS 1955–1957, 1961–1963, radio operator, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.02 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/16 | |
| Ken Hill, FIDS 1955–57. Hope Bay. Radio operator. | 2010.09.02 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/85 | |
| Ben Hodges, general assistant 1960–66 and 1990–96. | 2009.08.01 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/44 | |
| Godfrey ‘Dog’ Holden BAS 1974–78. Stonington Island, Adelaide Island, Rothera, Halley. General assistant and base commander. | 2010.10.29 & 2010.10.31 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/99 | |
| Stephen Holdich, BAS 1979–1983, tractor mechanic, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.08 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/25 | |
| Peter Hooper, FIDS 1954–59. Geologist and base leader. Hope Bay and Anvers Island. | 2009.07.04 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/39 | |
| Gordon Howkins, meteorologist at Base B, Deception Island, 1944–45 during Operation Tabarin and subsequently at Stanley, Falkland Islands. | 2003.09.14 | Sound recording & Content notes |
AD6/24/1/16 | |
| John Huckle, FIDS 1946–50. General assistant and base leader. Deception Island and Stonington Island, with later service in Stanley. | 2009.06.22 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/36 | |
| John Huckle, 1956–62, experiences within FIDASE and as a helicopter pilot spotting whales. | 2010.10.25 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/90 |
Helicopter crash during Falkland Islands Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| Brian Hunt, FIDS 1950–52. Stanley and Hope Bay. Meteorologist. | 2010.06.12 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/78 | |
| George James, wireless operator, HMS William Scoresby 1943–46, while the ship was supporting Operation Tabarin. | 2003.07.07 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/14 | |
| Frederick ‘Fred’ Johnson, FIDS 1951–54. Signy Island and Argentine Islands. Meteorologist. | 2010.02.03 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/65 | |
| Lewis Juckes, BAS 1964–65. Halley. Geologist. | 2010.05.22 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/69 | |
| Peter Kennett, FIDS and BAS 1960–65. Stonington Island and ship-based. Geophysicist. | 2010.06.11 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/73 | |
| John Killingbeck, general assistant/base leader 1960–62; last dog sledge journey from Rothera station 1993–94. | 2004.11.17 | Film | AD6/24/1/21 | |
| John Kirwan BAS 1961–63. Argentine Islands. Physicist. | 17.06.11 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/124 | |
| George Kistruck, BAS glaciologist 1968–71. | 2001.11.16 | Sound recording & Content notes | AD6/24/3/11 | |
| George Kistruck, BAS glaciologist 1968–71. | 2009.11.06 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/58 |
Contemplation of the infinite You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| Colin Kynaston, BAS 1970–1973, meteorologist, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.14 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/34 | |
| Stuart Lawrence, ships’ master, BAS 1970–2003. | 2009.12.05 | Film & Content notes |
AD6/24/1/64 | Strain aboard ship during invasion of Falkland Islands 1982 (video) |
| Richard Laws’ retirement presentation. | 1987.04.30 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/2/1 | |
| Richard Laws, zoologist with FIDS and BAS 1947–53, Signy Island and South Georgia, and Head of Life Sciences 1969–73; Director of BAS 1973–87. | 2009.10.05 = 2009.10.06 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/63 | |
| Colleen Leavey nee Rowlands, FIDS 1950s, Headquarters Stanley. Administrative assistant. | 2010.10.30 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/101 | |
| Dr Claire Lehman BAS 2009–11. Rothera. Medical officer. | 2011.06.10 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/121 | |
| Ron Lewis-Smith BAS 1965–2002. Signy, South Georgia, summer visits to other national operators stations. Botanist and head of plant biology and environment section. | 2011.04.10 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/114 | |
| Jeremy Light, freshwater biologist with BAS 1968–75. | 2007.09.15 | Sound recording & Content notes | AD6/24/1/29 | |
| David Limbert, FIDS/BAS 1958–1960, 1970–1987, meteorologist, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.04 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/20 | |
| David Limbert, meteorologist with BAS 1958–60 and 1970–87. | 2004.03.01 = 2004.03.02 | Sound recording & Transcript |
AD6/24/1/17 | |
| Rev. Alan McArthur FIDS 1951–52. South Georgia and Argentine Islands. Meteorlogist. | 2011.04.12 | Sound recording |
AD6/24/1/116 | |
| James ‘Jim’ Maddell, FIDS surveyor 1955–58. | 2009.10.20 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/53 | |
| Victor Marchesi, Operation Tabarin 1943–46. Captain HMS William Scoresby. | 1986.08.13 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/2 | |
| Victor Marchesi, captain of HMS William Scoresby, the support vessel for Operation Tabarin, 1943–46. | 2003.06.26 | Film | AD6/24/1/12 | |
| Arthur Martin, FIDS 1952–1957, meteorologist, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.09 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/27 | |
| Arthur Martin, FIDS 1953–54. Port Lockroy. Meteorologist and ionospheric assistant. | 2010.06.28 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/82 | |
| David Matthews, BAS 1964–1968, geologist, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.13 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/32 | |
| Jeffery McDermott, BAS 1963–1966, air mechanic, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.06 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/23 | |
| Ray McGowan FIDS 1957–58. Danco Island, Hoseshoe Island. Radio operator. | 2010.10.31 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/105 | |
| Alan ‘Big Mac’ McManus, BAS 1970–83. South Georgia, Faraday, Adelaide Island, Rothera. Cook. | 2009.11.07 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/61 | |
| William ‘Bill’ Meehan, FIDS 1952–53. Admiralty Bay. Wireless operator, mechanic and base leader. | 2010.06.13 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/80 | |
| Thomas Miller, FIDS, 1947–1948, ship’s officer MV John Biscoe, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.11 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/30 | |
| Thomas Miller, second officer on the John Biscoe, 1947–48. | 2004.03.02 | Sound recording & Content notes |
AD6/24/1/18 | |
| David Moore, FIDS 1955–57. Detaille Island. Radio operator. | 2010.10.25 | Sound recording |
AD6/24/1/91 | |
| Ash Morton BAS 1981–2011. Rothera, South Georgia. 30 years service mostly as a field general assistant. With input from his wife, Dia Morton. | 2011.08.05 | Sound recording |
AD6/24/1/131 | |
| John Newman BAS 1969–2002. Adelaide Island, Stonington Island, Cambridge. Diesel electric mechanic and head of mechanical services section. | 2011.04.11 | Sound recording |
AD6/24/1/115 | |
| Neil Orr, FIDS medical officer/base leader 1958–62. | 2009.10.20 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/54 | |
| Fergus O’Gorman FIDS 1957–59. South Georgia, Signy Island and Montevideo. Zoologist. | 2010.10.30 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/102 | |
| Tony Palmer University of Cambridge. Veterinary consultant to FIDS/BAS 1957–74. | 2010.11.23 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/108 | |
| Clifford Pearce, FIDS and BAS, 1959–62. Meteorologist. Fossil Bluff and Deception Island. | 2010.11.23 | Sound recording & Transcript |
AD6/24/1/38 | |
| Barry Peters, FIDS/BAS 1960–63, 1969–98. Halley and BAS Cambridge. Ionosphericist and logistics officer. | 2010.09.01 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/86 |
Communications during the Falkland Islands Conflict 1982 You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| David Petrie BAS and SPRI 1963–74. Halley, Adelaide Island, McMurdo, Stanley. Ionosphericist. | 2011.06.18 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/125 | |
| Malcolm Phelps, ships’ master BAS 1964–1991. | 2009.07.30 | Film | AD6/24/1/43 | |
| Martin Pinder BAS 1969–70. Signy, Halley. Cook. | 2011.06.21 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/129 | |
| Alan Precious FIDS 1954–61. Admiralty Bay and Halley. Meteorologist and base leader. | 2010.10.29 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/95 | |
| Frank Preston, FIDS/BAS surveyor/base leader 1959–62. | 2009.10.20 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/51 | |
| Chris Rapley BAS 1997–2006. Director. [Part 2 not yet received] | 2011.03.15 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/111 | |
| John Douglas (Jack) Reid, meteorological officer at Admiralty Bay 1948 and at Argentine Island 1949. | 2010.03.12 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/66 | |
| Alexander James ‘Jim’ Rennie, FIDS surveyor 1954–56. | 2009.07.04 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/41 | |
| Murray Roberts, BAS 1968. Halley. Medical officer. | 2010.06.11 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/75 | |
| David Rowley, BAS 1969–74. Adelaide Island. Pilot. | 2010.05.06 | Film & Content notes | AD6/24/1/71 | |
| Petra Searle, Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1953–60 and BAS 1984–88. Map officer. | 2009.11.07 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/60 |
Women and Antarctic fieldwork in the 1950s You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| Lionel James ‘Jim’ Shirtcliffe, FIDS/BAS builder and general assistant 1952–73. | 2009.10.16 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/49 | |
| Hugh Simpson FIDS 1955–58. RRS John Biscoe and Hope Bay. Medical officer. | 2011.04.14 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/120 | |
| Mike Skidmore, BAS 1967–69. Halley. Geologist. | 2010.06.11 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/76 | |
| William Sloman talking about his work with FIDS/BAS, 1956–78. | 1987 (about) | Sound recording & Transcript |
AD6/24/3/3 | |
| ‘Big’ Al Smith, builder and Head of BAS Building Services, 1966–69 and 1971–94. | 2009.09.03 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/46 | |
| Andrew J. Smith, physicist 1970–2005. | 2007.02.15 | Sound recording & Content notes |
AD6/24/1/24 |
Explaining ‘whistler’ research in geospace studies You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| James Smith - ‘Memories of a general hand at Port Lockroy and Hope Bay’. | 1996.08. | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/3/5 | |
| John Smith and John Thorne - talking about Detaille Island, 1956–58. Meteorologists. | 2010.06.13 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/81 | |
| Harold Squires - SS Eagle 1944. | 1994.04. | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/4 | |
| Peter Starling, FIDS 1950–51. Argentine Islands. Wireless operator and mechanic. | 1988.11.24 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/7 | |
| Alfred Stephenson, British Graham Land Expedition 1934–1937, surveyor, interviewed for a film about the last BAS dog sledging trip from Rothera. | 1993.02.08 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/24 | |
| John Sweeny BAS 1991–96. Rothera. Field assistant. | 2011.02.06 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/109 |
Managing husky fights You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| Charles Swithinbank Polar expeditions and SPRI 1949–71 . FIDS/BAS 1971–86. Glaciologist and Head of Earth Sciences Division. Interviewed by the British Library for their National Life Stories of British Scientists Project. | 2010 | Sound recording &Transcript | BL shelf mark C1379/03 | |
| John Tait, BAS 1962–1966, diesel mechanic. |
2001.11.13 | Sound recording & Content notes | AD6/24/3/10 | |
| Andrew Taylor, Operation Tabarin 1943–46. Port Lockroy and Hope Bay. Surveyor and expedition leader 1945–46. | 1987.10.14 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/6 | |
| Richard Taylor, meteorologist at Station Y Horseshoe Island 1954–56. | 2005.02.18 | Sound recording & Content notes |
AD6/24/1/20 |
Social conflict at a small isolated base - Horseshoe Island You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly The joys of sledging You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| Julian Taylor, FIDS 1954–55. Hope Bay. Dog physiologist. | 2010.10.29 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/94 | |
| Simon Taylor, BAS 1975–. Ship’s engineer. | 2010.08.17 | Film & Content notes | AD6/24/1/84 | |
| Russell Thompson, meteorologist with BAS 1958–62, and Neville Jones, zoologist/meteorologist with BAS 1958–62. | 2007.09.15 | Sound recording &Content notes | AD6/24/1/30 | |
| Janet Thomson BAS 1964–75, 1978–2002. Geologist and Head of Mapping and Georgraphic Information Centre. Interviewed by the British Library for their National Life Stories of British Scientists Project. | 2010 | Sound recording &Transcript | BL shelf mark C1379/20 | |
| William Harvey ‘Tommy’ Thomson, FIDS pilot 1946–48. | 2009.10.01 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/48 | |
| Peter Tilbrook zoologist/base leader 1961–75. | 2007.09.16 | Sound recording & Content notes | AD6/24/1/33 |
Establishing Signy Station as BAS’s biology research centre 1962 You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| Alan Tritton, meteorologist/base leader, 1952–54. | 2007.09.15 | Sound recording & Content notes | AD6/24/1/31 | |
| Roger Tufft FIDS 1956–58. Admiralty Bay, Hope Bay. Meteorologist. | 2011.04.12 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/117 | |
| Jim Turton, BAS 1975–85. Faraday, BAS Cambridge and Rothera. Ionosphericist. | 2010.06.12 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/79 | |
| Leonard ‘Lofty’ Tyson, FIDS 1954–60. Signy Island and Stanley. Radio operator. | 2009.12.08 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/62 | |
| Kevin Walton, FIDS 1946–1947, engineer | 2003.07.17 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/12.1 | |
| Robert John ‘Bob’ Whittock, FIDS 1954–56. Ionosphericist. Port Lockroy. | 2009.07.04 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/37 | |
| Jim Wilson FIDS/BAS 1959–1969. Admiralty Bay, Stonington Island, Deception Island. Diesel electric mechanic and builder. | 2011.04.13 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/118 | |
| Roy Wood, Falklands Islands Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition photographer, 1955–57. | 2007.01.25 | Sound recording & Content notes |
AD6/24/1/25 | |
| Tom Woodfield, ship’s officer and captain BAS 1955–1974. | 2009.07.29 | Film | AD6/24/1/42 | |
| Alan Wright FIDS/BAS 1961–62. Adelaide Island. Surveyor. | 2010.10.30 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/103 |
Getting lost in a blow/ building a hut on Adelaide Island You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| Graham ‘Genghis’ Wright BAS 1969–74. Halley and Stonington Island. General assistant and base commander. | 2010.10.29 | Sound recording &Transcript | AD6/24/1/98 |
Difficult dog sledging journey You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
Group interviews - arranged by date
| Name | Date interviewed | Format | Archive reference | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The dogs: 60 huskies recorded by Stanley Woolley at Adelaide Island | 1963 | Sound recording | G15/2/1 |
60 huskies ‘singing’ at Adelaide Station You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| Conversation in English and Norwegian between Fru Signy Sorlle, Fru Gerd Stranger, Dr Lauritz Somme and Dr David Wynn-Williams. | 1980.08.21 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/1 | |
| Of ice and men. | 1984.07.10 – 1984.12.01 | Sound recording (of broadcast) | AD6/24/3/2 | |
| Dog talk. Conversations with Ben Hodges and John Sweeny, two dog handlers with the British Antarctic Survey 1961/3 & 1991/4. | 1993 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/13.1 | |
| Cynan Ellis-Evans and David Wynn-Williams talking about historic artefacts from Signy Station. | 1996.08.14 | Sound recording & Transcript | AD6/24/1/8 | |
| Antarctic/Arctic - recording of conversations for ‘The Slice’ programme for BBC Radio Scotland on 2 May 1997, featuring Kate Charles, BAS 1995–1998, research physicist. |
1997.05.02 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/6 | |
| Frozen in Time. | 2000.02.07 – 2000.02.25 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/7 | |
| The reunion. BBC Radio 4 broadcast covering the discovery of the ozone hole in 1985. Features Joseph Farman, Brian Gardiner, Jonathan Shanklin and Linda Capper. | 2007.04.29 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/38 | |
| Russell Thompson, meteorologist with BAS 1958–62, and Neville Jones, zoologist/meteorologist with BAS 1958–62. | 2007.09.15 | Sound recording & Content notes | AD6/24/1/30 | |
| The First Fossil Bluff Three : 1961–62. Brian ‘Tal’ Taylor, Cliff Pearce, John Smith. | 2009.08.09 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/45 | |
| The Hope Bay Four 1958–61: surveyors Tony Hanson, Don McCalman, Chris Brading, Dick Harbour . | 2009.10.19 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/50 | |
| The Stonington Five, Stonington base members 1968: Phil Wainwright, Ian Sykes, Ian Smith, Ken Doyle and Edward Creswell ‘Chris’ Madders. | 2009.11.06 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/59 | |
| John Smith and John Thorne - talking about Detaille Island, 1956–58. Meteorologists. | 2010.06.13 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/81 | |
| Julian Taylor and Alan Precious, FIDS 1954/55, Hope Bay. | 2010.10.28 | Sound recording | AD6/24/1/93 |
Collecting dogs urine for dog physiology/diet research You need Adobe Flash Player to listen to this audio or you can download the MP3 directly |
| Plumbers and penguins. BBC Radio 4 broadcast. Features Mark Green, plumber and Dr Claire Lehman, medical officer. | 2010.12.27 | Sound recording | AD6/24/3/37 |
Last updated: 07 September 2011
