Dr. Hedbloom Relates Eye-witness
Account Of Expeditions To Antarctic
The treeless miles of the Antarc
tic, its ice and cold and the men
who are seeking to learn more
about it, were described to mem
bers of the Rotary Club Tuesday
noon, by a man who was a member
of “Operation Deepfreeze,” as a
U. S. Naval officer on expeditions
of International Geophysical Year
scientists.
Capt. E. E. Hedbloom, medical
officer on the Naval Station here,
illustrated his talk with highly in
teresting slides taken by him dur
ing several years in the Antarctic.
Operation Deepfreeze, as the scien
tific expeditions are called, is par
ticipated in by 14 different coun
tries. In a series of slides, he
showed the various animals and
birds that inhabit the area, among
them penguins, gulls, seals and kil
ler whales. He said the latter were
the only whale found in both the
Arctic and Antarctic.
The speaker’s slides showed
great areas populated with pen
guins. He cited several humorous
incidents about them. Scientists
are attempting to learn their ori
gins. He said three of them made
a 70 miles trip, in freezing cold
weather with prevailing winds at
80 knots to seek out penguin eggs
for study. They came back with
three. The story of their trip is told
in a book entitled “The Worst Trip
In The World,” which Hedbloom
described as most fascinating read
ing.
The lecturer said there were no
trees in the Antarctic, but also said
there was very light snowfall. He
said generally there was from 6 to
8 feet. Winds, he said, were fre
quently 70 to 80 knots velocity.
Temperatures were 110 degrees
below on occasion, with freezing
temperatures generally prevailing.
Svea Breckberg
At Walla Walla
Miss Svea Christina Breckberg,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Breckberg of this city, is a junior at
St. Paul’s School for Girts at Walla
Walla, according to an announce
ment from the school.
The school opened recently for
its 90th year. Chili, England, Hong
Kong, Eastern States and the Pa
cific Coast, as well as Alaska, are
represented in the enrollment.
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Advance headquarters for the
scientific expeditions, Hedbloom
said, was New Zealand. Transport
ing of material, men, equipment
and supplies wtas an expensive un
dertaking. Equipment such as a
•tractor is airlifted and dropped by
parachute. Showing one scene of
a heavy duty cat which dropped
when a chute failed to open, scat
tering parts over an area, he said
the cat originally cost about $15,
000, but represented a cost of ap
proximately $60-thousand when
landed in the Antarctic.
Most of the scenes shown were
at the U. S. NaVy Air Facility at
McMurdo Sound, the Byrd and Hal
lett Stations, and the Amundsen
Scott Station.
A white elephant raffle was con
ducted, netting the club $134,
which will be used for the club
scholarship fund.
Visitors attending the luncheon
were Rev. Leo Sch'legel, Rev. M.
Targonsky, Sen. A1 Owen, Larry
Wodlinger, and John Patterson.
Gary OlsOn, student member also
was in attendance.
More Than 200
Enroll At AMU
Two hundred and seventeen stu
dents enrolled at Alaska Methodist
University this fail. 122 are men
and 95 are women, according to
Dr. Herbert Heller, Dean, who re
leased the official enrollment fig
ures.
Of the 217 students, the fresh
man class is the largest. The soph
omore class is next in size with
junior and senior classes following.
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been appointed as chairman of the
1961 “Dollars for Democrats” drive
n election districts 13 and 14. She
is precinct chairman in Kodiak.
Mrs. Ruth Raley Dodds, South
central district chairman of the
drive, in announcing the appoint
ment, urged all Democrats to help
their party by supporting the drive
which takes place during October.
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