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THE ANTARCTICAN SOCIETY 905 NORTH JACKSONVILLE STREET ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22205 HONORARY PRESIDENT — MRS. PAUL A. SIPLE __________________________________________________________ Vol. 88-89 January No. 3 Presidents: Dr. Carl R. Eklund, 1959-61 Dr. Paul A. Siple, 1961-62 ANOTHER SOCIETY FIRST - PRESENTATION BY ANTARCTIC ARTIST Mr. Gordon D. Cartwright, 1962-63 RADM David M. Tyree (Ret.), 1 963-64 IMAGES FROM A FROZEN CONTINENT Mr. George R. Toney, 1964-65 Mr. Morton J. Rubin, 1965-66 by Dr. Albert P. Crary, 1966-68 Dr. Henry M. Dater, 1968-70 Alan Campbell Mr. George A. Doumani, 1970-71 Dr. William J. L. Sladen, 1971-73 NSF Visiting Artist, 1987-88 McMurdo Station, Antarctica Mr. Peter F. Bermel, 1973-75 Dr. Kenneth J. Bertrand, 1975-7 7 and Athens, Georgia Mrs. Paul A. Siple, 1977-78 Dr. Paul C. Dalrymple, 1978-80 Dr. Meredith F. Burrill, 1980-82 on Dr. Mort D. Turner, 1982-84 Dr. Edward P. Todd, 1984-86 Thursday evening, 16 February 1989 Mr. Robert H. T. Dodson, 1986-88 Dr. Robert H. Rutford, 1988-90 8 PM Honorary Members: Ambassador Paul C. Daniels National Science Foundation Dr. Laurence McKinley Gould Count Emilio Pucci 18th and G Streets N.W. Sir Charles S. Wright Mr. Hugh Blackwell E vans Room 543 Dr. Henry M. Dater Mr. August Howard Mr. Amory H. "Bud" Waite, Jr. Light refreshments - strong coffee, Keebler cookies Paul C. Daniels Memorial Lecturers: Dr. William J. L. Sladen, 1964 Alan Campbell will have a one-man exhibit of his Antarctic RADM David M. Tyree (Ret.), 1965 Dr. Roger Tory Peterson, 1966 paintings (10 oils, 40 water colors) in the Addison-Ripley Dr. J. Campbell Craddock , 1967 Gallery, 9 Hillyer Court (behind the Cosmos Club), Washington, Mr. James Pranke, 1968 Dr. Henry M. Dater, 1970 D.C., February 8 to March 4; and will present a slide talk Sir Peter M. Scott, 1971 about light and color, art and science in Antarctica to us on Dr. Frank Davies, 1972 Mr. Scon McVay, 1973 February 16. Make an effort to visit the gallery, and also Mr. Joseph O. Fletcher, 1974 come to hear his presentation. Bill Green, of Miami Mr. Herman R. Friis, 1975 Dr. Kenneth J. Bertrand, 1976 University wrote, "We need an artistic complement to our Dr. William J. L. Sladen, 1977 science, an aesthetics of the continent, an art and poetry Dr. J. Murray Mitchell, Jr., 1978 Dr. Laurence McKinley Gould, 1979 that can help us interpret and recreate the stark geometry of Dr. Charles R. Bentley, 1980 its landscape, the soft, almost preternatural quality of its Dr. Robert L. Nichols, 1981 Dr. Robert H. Rutford, 1982 light, the strange sense of deep, pre-human time that one Mr. R. Tucker Scully, 1983 feels there." Attendees will be given a poster of "Below the Dr. Richard P. Goldthwait, 1984 Dr. Mark F. Meier, 1985 Rookery," an oil painting of five Adelies at the water's edge Dr. Claude Lorius, 1986 - one looks very pregnant. Dr. Louis J. Lanzerotti, 1987 Mr. Peter J. Anderson, 1988 Alan is a young 38 who studied fine arts at the University of Georgia (BFA and MFA). He did further studies in Italy (Cortona) and at the University of California in Berkeley. Then he "brushed up" at North Haven Island in Penobscot Bay, Maine where he learned to appreciate the real beauty of light, qualifying him to go to Antarctica! !!!! TERRA NOVA plays in Arlington, V i r g i nia in mid-February !!!! (see page 6) BRASH ICE This Newsletter was held off on the speculation that Norman Vaughan would be coming to Washington to help lead the Alaskan entry in the Inaugural Parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, but it turned out at the eleventh hour that Norman and Carolyn could not get away. However, we have a real good program lined up for next month, so we left the golden-roofed house in Maine for a week to come to Washington to get out this Newsletter. Building a house is stressful, frustrating, heart-breaking, but exciting. Quality carpentry is pass£, though, and I'm anything but a gracious, forgiving home builder. This hiatus to Washington probably saved a few lives, especially my own. Meanwhile, this column remains a potpourri of some truths, some fabrications, and some offbeat thoughts. It is NOT the voice of the Society, but we still hope you will read it. BRUCE MANHEIM'S PRESENTATION. Our last meeting on 28 November 1988 (Bruce Man- heim - Securing Environmental Protection in Antarctica), probably should have been held off until spring and presented as a Memorial Lecture, but for the sake of time- liness following the late summer '88 publication of On Thin Ice, we scheduled him for our first Washington fall meeting. We asked Manheim to move up his presentation to November so we wouldn't conflict with the three-week continuous Christmas party that goes on in Washington in December. And we also picked a date when Peter Wilk- niss would be in town - not easy. What follows is strictly hearsay, as this soul was house-building in Maine. Unfortunately, and we think unwisely, it was decided not to tape his presentation. It would have made a good newsletter. Feisty, ubiquitous George Llano, who had recently read On Thin Ice took $500 out of his vault and paid his way to Washington to hear Bruce and challenge him on twelve issues. The post-game discussions evidently evolved into the Bruce and George Show until it was decided by Vice President Ned Ostenso that it was time to vacate the building and all hands make their way safely home. Later in the week Bruce sent a most detailed (six pages, single spaced) reply to George, addressing all of his questions. Then George wrote Bruce on 12 December a sort of conciliatory letter which indicated they had many of the same concerns about preserving Antarctica. In a humbling act, George wrote Bruce, "I admit losing contact with reality in not keeping to an impersonal approach. I very much regret this and trust that you may accept my apology." George must be aging faster than I thought! He left the door open for Bruce to continue their dialogue on a one-to-one basis. P.S. One thing I got out of George's letter to Bruce was that he had made some forty-five tourist cruises on the WORLD DISCOVERER, SOCIETY EXPLORER, LINDBLAD EXPLORER, and LAPATIA. George must know more old wealthy women than all the rest of the Society members put together, as don't all octogenarian dowagers go to Antarctica in a last gasp effort to find another husband, or, failing that, settling for a rock hopper? OHIO STATE'S BYRD POLAR RESEARCH CENTER OPENS ITS DOOR, ITS HEART. We went back to Ohio State University for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the late Admiral Richard E. Byrd's birth. We weren't exactly prepared for the visual shock of Mendenhall, having sort of talked ourselves into believing that down through the years the Institute of Polar Studies, now the Byrd Polar Research Center, might be occupying spacious, luxurious facilities. As we entered the building, we had to plow through hundreds of flyers on the floor, and avoid students sitting like street beggars against the walls. When we got to the Center, it looked like a throwback to the real old days. Entering Peter Anderson's office would have been a cultural shoe! - 2 - if I hadn't once worked for the late meteorologist-geographer, Charles F. Brooks, as only his desk exceeded Peter's in piles. How Peter ever finds his way through the day is totally beyond me. However, if you have any doubts about the Center based on its physical appearance, they are immediately dashed when you start talking to David Elliot, who could charm the skin off a snake. The three days in Columbus were thoroughly enjoyable, and we even got to like Mendenhall. People make events, not buildings, and the Columbus meetings were honored by "a flock of Byrds" (borrowed without permission from Larry Gould's presentation in Winchester, Virginia on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Byrd's flight over the South Pole). One of the late Admiral's two living daughters, Boiling Clarke, one granddaughter, Ann Stabler, and three grandsons, Robert Breyer, Leverett Byrd, and Harry Byrd were there. The trip to Columbus had to be a bittersweet one for all of them, but especially for Leverett and Harry, as their father had so recently mysteriously walked into death. However, their trip had to be joyful when they saw the excellent exhibit of memorabilia of the Admiral's set up in the University Library. There were two dinner/banquet-type meetings. Ohio State hosted a large reception prior to the dinner which preceded the lecture by Al (BAE II) Lindsey. One never knows for sure what will happen at a reception, which was particularly true for Bill "Whirlybird" McCormick (BAE II), who was aghast to find the ski from his old autogyro at the entrance to the hall. At the same reception, Robert Byrd Breyer and that chocoholic doctor, Michele Raney, found out they not only come from southern California but from the same neighborhood in the same town. Colin Bull met Joe Hill, also BAE II, and the next noon visited one of his old bookstore hangouts in Columbus, picked up a copy of Joe's Antarctic book, and got him to inscribe it the next evening, The good thing about this-reception was that it was sort of endless, so there was plenty of time for meeting and talking.