Polar Mariner Woodfield Captain Tom
Polar Mariner Woodfield Captain Tom Captain Woodfield made 20 seasonal voyages to the Antarctic on three research ships between 1955 and 1974. He played a paramount role in the gradual change from…
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Polar Mariner Woodfield Captain Tom
Captain Woodfield made 20 seasonal voyages to the Antarctic on three research ships between 1955 and 1974. He played a paramount role in the gradual change from using under-powered and poorly-equipped ships to the professionally-managed and sophisticated vessels of his last command. Starting as a Junior Deck Officer he worked for The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey which in 1964 became the British Antarctic Survey.
Dramatic stories are featured such as the near loss of a ship in pack ice, the stranding of another in hurricane force winds and the collapse of an ice-cliff onto the vessel The pioneers of Antarctic The arts of exploration and survival during his early years in this majestic but unforgiving continent are described as attempts were made to establish research stations, support science, and survey in totally uncharted, ice-filled waters amidst often ferocious weather.