According to Jim Chalmers [7 May 2003] the signpost at Halley was made by Dave French in (he thinks) 1968, shortly after the IGY base was closed and during the first winter that the met dept was housed at the village [i.e. Halley-2]. Dave French comments that it is probably the only item to be moved from Halley II to each subsequent version and is now at Halley VI. It appears on the 1972 base photo. A better picture is Chris Johnson's, taken in 1979. It also featured on the Base Photos of 1987, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Other pictures were taken in 1994, 2001, 2002, and 2021. In 1982 the sign was refurbished and converted from miles to kilometres. Interestingly, the base photo for the "Black Gang" that wintered at Halley V in 1990, features a black signpost (with white lettering), topped by a penguin!10 Mar 2021
From the September 2001 Halley Diary In February 2003, the following appeared on the sign:-
In the circle at the top:
Halley, Antarctica 76°S 27°W Below, in order from the top:
London 14255 Oslo 15254 Capetown 5198 Neumayer 807 Sanae 977 Everest 13604 Syowa 2217 Mawson 2928 Singapore 11129 Mirny 3368 Vostok 2650 Tokyo 15545 South Pole 1602 McMurdo 2932 Wellington 6918 Druzhnaya 413 Belgrano 548 Siple 1511 Rothera 1652 Faraday 1755 Palmer 1794 Arctowski 1911 Signy 1971 Stanley 2983 Mobster Creek 14 Grytviken 2403
