Australian Antarctic Division alumnus, Jeff Wilson, recounts his experiences at Australian stations and in the Ross Sea.
Road trip with our eldest.
Good company at Anglesea.
Good food.
Good audio.
Awesome dog.
One of the best days 2023 offered up.
Jeff at age 17, heading to join his ship and face the perils of the Southern Ocean and HSC exams at the same time.
I love every aspect of this image and find new historical threads every time I look at it anew.
The ship in the background is the Lake Macquarie, a coal/coke/iron ore bulk carrier launched from the shipyard in Whyalla in 1958 and went to the scrapper in 1982.
The Basics Bandcamp page and the video accompanying a full version of the song “With this ship.”
Don’t let the name fool you.
This isn’t an interview with Geoff Wilson, who already receives plenty of media attention for his Antarctic adventures. This is Jeff Wilson, who is spelt and built differently. One is a glaciologist and one is a veterinarian, and those are also spelt differently for the very good reason that they are different careers requiring different skill sets. Similar, or the same, spelling might cause confusion.
Names: important.
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