John Millen, Gerald Holdsworth, Ian Joice, Evan Leitch and John Hayton.
Left: John Millen,
expedition leader
and surveyor
Center: Gerald Holdsworth,
deputy leader
Right: Ian Joice,
meteorologist
Left: Evan Leitch,
geologist
left: John Hayton,
crevasse locator
Right: Frank Pearson,
surveyor
Not shown are Peter LeCouteur and Roger Lloyd,
who flew out on a reconnaissance flight that landed here two days before.
The faint roar of a aircraft became a silver speck against the sky,
which circled around the coloured smoke flares that we lit,
and soon bumped down on the glacier nearby. 26 January.
Was there ever such a wonderful sight
as the US Navy coming to pick us up?
Loading the R4D aircraft at the Tucker Glacier airlift point.
Evan and Gerald on the return flight
from Tucker Glacier to Scott Base. 26 January 1963.
Diary: Introduction
