The Bellingshausen-Amundsen Sea Venture
WelllDfflgtoiro Club h Pleasant
(Editor'! not: Thli li another In th series of In
iiallmtnti of Herb Gray's account of hit trip to Ant
arctica. Ha spant about 70 days with tha Navy on iha
Oparatlon Daep Fraaia 2960 axpadition. Today's
ariicla concarnt imprastions of Naw Zaaland towns,
and boarding iha icabraalcar, USS Glaciar.)
By HERB GREY
Mail Tribuna Advartising Managar
One of my early pleasant experiences in Wellington was
a visit with Capt. McDonald, Comdr. L. C. Knowles, now
U.S. Naval Attache, and Col. Nichols to the exclusive "for
men only" Wellesly club for cocktails and lunch.
Here I met a handsome elderly man with angular jaw
and military bearing, Maj. Gen. Sir William Sinclair-Burgess,
80-year old hero of World War I.
American General John J. Pershing had, it seems, con
ferred upon this man the Distinguished Service Medal on
June 9, 1919, for his command, with distinction, of the 4th
Austrailian Divisional Artillery while it was in support of
the 27th American Division during operations near
St. Souplet, east of La Solle River.
Reading on Initial Citation
The initial citation read "your consumate skill as an
artillerist and forceful determination in keeping your bat
teries well to the front were most potent factors in the
success achieved."
General Sinclair-Burgess' home was destroyed by fire
in May 1959. Hearing of the loss of his highly prized
American Distinguished Service Medal, U. S. Army Attache,
Col. Maybry Griffin Miller, secured a replacement from the
United States.
In a small, but unique, ceremony at the American
Embassy in Wellington Jan. 14 41 years later the coveted
medal was again presented to the general, this time U. S.
Ambassador Frances H. Russell doing the honors for
"Blackjack" John Pershing.
Much of America's popular
ity in this part of the world
may be attributed in a large
measure, to the excellent job
being done by Ambassador
Russell, Consul Edith Stensby,
Col. Miller, Comdr. Knowles
and USIA head, Blake Lanum.
I met these people, their
families, and witnessed their
personal popularity in official
and non-official circles.
Although it was hardly in
our honor, the members of the
First battalion, Wellington
Regiment, marched through
the city for the first time since
World War II. It was a smart
outfit of Territorials which
took the salute of Welling
ton's Mayor Kitts.
Flighilats Bird
When Comdr. Joe Morgan,
Col. Herb Nichols and I
visited Wellington's fine zoo,
we had an opportunity to see
Kiwi, the flightless bird that
has become a national emblem
in New Zealand. The zoo's
caretaker, recognizing us as
Americans, let us enter the
large cage housing the three
. Kiwas, and examine the amaz
ing birds closely.
The Kiwi is about the size
of a domestic fowl and dates
.from pre-historic times, its
survival due to the absence of
predatory animals. One of the
peculiarities is the large size
of the Kiwi egg, comparable
Atlps Missile Leaves
Pad at Vandenberg
' Vandenberg AFB, Calif. -(UPD-
An Atlas missile rose
from Its fire-ready, attack
proof "coffin" today and
vaulted into the sky for a
4,300-mile flight down the Pa
cific Missile Range.
NASTY PRISONERS
Murphy, N. C. (UPD- Sheriff
C. M. Anderson said Friday it
wasn't his fault the grand
jury accused him of running
a sloppy jail. Just before the
juron made their Inspection
the prisoners threw food all
over the Jail floor, he explained.
with an Ostrich egg.
The zoo keeper carried out
the three Kiwis from their
hiding place in the large pen,
since even the raw meat ban
quet could not lure the bash
ful birds into the open. After
gulping their dinner, the Ki
wis beat a hasty retreat to
natural brush cover afforded
in their pen.
Near End of Stay
Nearing the end of the Gla
cier's enforced stay in dry
dock, the officers of the ship
entertained members of the
official U. S. embassy family
and prominent New Zealand
ers at a party in Wellington's
Skyline restaurant, reached
by cable cars reminiscent of
San Francisco.
Here Wellington's busy and
beautiful harbor stretched be
low in a magnificent pano
rama and the summer New
Zealand sun, as it set across
the bay, turned the water
from shimmering bronze to
deep purple a veritable tech
nicolor display for the Gla
cier's party guests.
The guest list for this party
Included-) Ambassador and
Mrs. Russell, Adm. Peter
Phipps of ' the New Zealand
Navy and Mrs. Phipps, Air
Marshall Kay and his wife,
and Group Captain Dutton of
the Royal Flying Corps and
Mrs. Dutton.
Visit Normal School
The afternoon before de
parture time Col. Nichols and
I dropped in at the Kenburn
Normal school, attached to the
Wellington Teachers' Training
college. The instructor, Mrs.
Verta Driver, a former San
Francisco girl, had asked Col.
Nichols to tell her class about
the forthcoming polar expe
dition. Thoughfully, Mrs. Driver
had schooled her class in the
words of "America," which
they sang with enthusiasm.
Only the' words were new to
them, the tune is the same as
Great Britain's and New Zea
land's national anthem.
One of the most attractive
smaller cities I found in New
Zealand was Lower Hutt, just
a few minutes by train or car
from Wellington. A new, mod
ern and beautiful city center
is the hub of this busy commu
nity, the home of several
members of the U.S. embassy
family.
I attended a meeting of the
Lower Hutt Rotary club, and
received a warm welcome
from the 85 members and Sec
retary Paul Brunton. Greet
ings were sent to the Medford
Rotary club.
The speaker for the Rotary
luncheon was my Glacier
cabin-mate, Artist Arthur
Beaumont, who libelously de
scribed Medford as a suburb
of his own home city, Los An
geles.. Later, he carried his
community pride a bit far
when he erected a "Los Ange
les City Limits" on an ice floe
in the Amundsen sea.
Watch Cricket Games
Before leaving the Welling
ton Bay area, we watched sev
eral "sand lot style" cricket
games on a great lawn-covered
Section C
Medford
playing field at Lower Hutt,
large enough to hold a dozen
football gridirons. Nearby,
colorful bagpipe bands enter
tained an appreciative crowd
of New Zealanders.
After taking on fuel at
Howard Point across Welling
ton Harbor, the Glacier lifted
anchor for Port Lyttleton.
On the trip down the coast
of New Zealand, Comdr.
Philip W. Porter, skipper of
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the Glacier, invited me to join i
him for lunch. William Cable,
head of the large engineering'
firm handling the installation
of our ship's propcllors. and
Amory Waite were also
guests. A highlight of pleasant I
luncheon conversation was
Cable's graphic description of j
his experiences during World
War II when his ship was tor
pedoed and he, with 56 other
survivors, drifted in over
loaded lifeboats for more than
five days.
Record Shows Activity
Although Captain Porter
did not mention his own dra
matic wartime experiences,
the record shows that he had
active service in the cam
paigns in Sicily, Salerno and
African campaigns and later
in the Pacific theatre of opera
tions. He was awarded the
Bronze Star and numerous
penence
oilier citations.
At Port Lyllelton, drums of
gasoline for the ships two
helicopters were loaded.
After several days on
board we had all become fami
liar wilh the Glacier. Ameri
ca's fifth, newest and largest
ircbreaker. When we were in
dry dock replacing propellor
blades we had a good opportu
nity to see the unusual, keel
less, round bottom of this re
markable ship a botton that
was clear of barnacles after
scraping on Antarctic ice.
Although this unique con
struction makes the Glacier
the original rock and roll
champion, it enables the ship
to sustain the crushing resist
ance of a 15-foot solid ice
pack.
Scientific Research
The 310-foot long. 8.600-ton
craft, although mounting two
five-inch and four three-inch .
guns, is more an ocean-going
community for scientific re
search. Laboratories built into
the ship includes facilities for
oceanographic, mcteroiogical
and photographic study.
The Glacier's 10 dicsel en
gines generate 21,000 horse
power for two shaft-driving
motor s the largest diesel
electric system of its particu
lar kind ever put into a sur
face craft. Carrying her full
800,000-gallon supply of fuel,
the ship can cruise at 15 knots
for 18,000 miles. Her top
speed is 18.6 knots.
The hanger adjacent to the
Glacier's flight deck houses
two helicopters, a Sikorsky
and a Bell, for ice reconnais
sance, a i r-lifting personnel
and for rescue work. A 36
foot Greenland Cruiser, de
signed for off-shore sounding
work, and two 37-foot landing
craft for amphibious assign
ments are regular equipment.
Played Heroit Role
Although commissioned but
five years ago, the Glacier has
played an heroic role in Deep
Freeze operations in Antarctic
waters. Probably the most dra
matic was the rescue of the
Belgian expedition ship Polar
hav early in 1959.
At noon Monday, Feb. 8,
the Glacier steamed out of the
snug, land-locked Port Lyttel
ton harbor into the South Pa
cific for her rendezvous with
the USS Burton Island off
Peter I Island near Thurston
Peninsula.
This was it!
The exploration in un
known water to un-mapped
land was ahead the Belling
shausen sea and the mysteri
ous shores of Marie Byrd land.
IN DRY DOCK This reproduction of a stalled. Commander Beaumont accompanied
painting by Navy Artist Arthur Beaumont the expedition force to Antarctica recently
shows the USS Glacier in dry dock in Wei- to capture the scientific data gathering team
lington where new propellors were in- on canvas in oils or water colors.
(Official Navy Photo)
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STANDARD EQUIPMENT This Is a view sively to scout the way through heavy
of the USS Glacier's two helicopters hover- pack ice In the Bellinghausen sea and to
ing near the ship's flight deck off Peter I transport scientific personnel to points on
Island and the Amundsen sea. The two tan- land for examination and study,
gerine-colored helicopters were used exten- (Official Navy Photo)
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