Halley Base Commanders
Being an Expedition, the Royal Society IGY Expedition had an Expedition Leader:
1956 | D.G. Dalgliesh | (Advance Party) |
1957 | R.A. Smart | (Main Party: Year 1) |
1958 | J. MacDowall | (Main Party: Year 2) |
When the base was taken over by FIDS, in keeping with FIDS practice it had a Base Leader (BL):
For political reasons, the title was changed to Base Commander (BC):
Under a new BAS system, there was a permanent BC who spent the summer season at Halley, then summer in the UK.
On base, there was a Winter Base Commander in charge during the winter:
Permanent base commanders have been:
1991 - 1993 | Brian Newham | |
1993 - 1998 | Les Whittamore | |
1999 | Simon Gill | |
2000 - 2003 | Steve Marshall | |
2003 - 2004 | Steve Brown | |
2004 - 2007 | Patrick McGoldrick | |
2007 - 2008 | Vicky Auld | |
2008 - 2010 | Caroline Lewis | |
2010 - 2012 | Matt Brown | |
2013 - 2015 | Agnieszka Fryckowska | |
From 2015 the titles changed to Station Leader and Winter Station Leader.
Winter Station Leaders:
Station Leaders:
2015 - 2016 | Adam Bradley | |
2016 - 2017 | John Eager | |
2017 - 2018 | Al Davies | |
2018 - 2019 | Richard Warren | |
2019 - 2023 | David Hunt | |
2023 - 2024 | Thomas Barningham | |
2024 - | Dan McKenzie | |
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