Name/Title
Palmer Station, Winterover, 1978Entry/Object ID
2025.210.2Description
A black and white photograph of a group of men who overwintered in Palmer Station, Antarctica in 1978/79. Names are written on the bottom. From left to right: John, Billey, Bob Whinnery, Mike Beeman, Casey Jones, Pete Harding, Joe Parr, George Fitzsimmons, Victor Bravo. Not pictured: Jim Punches.
Casey Jones (center foreground) was killed in an accident at the South Pole station January 9, 1980.
*Men may be mostly bald due to shaving their heads when they "crossed the line" (equator), an old sailor's tradition.Collection
AntarcticaMade/Created
Date made
1978Time Period
20th Century