Show Barry L L L. Dean departs to Antarctica Coast Guard Chief Damage Barry L. L Dean has departed Long Beach Calif CaliC for an extended deployment to Antarctica lie He is a crew member aboard the icebreaker Burton Island feet lon long illS HIS SHIP Still will assist Navy Task Force In supporting the scientific research program in Antarctica This marks the year the Navy has supported supported supported sup sup- ported the l US S Antarctic Research Program conducted by the thet National Science Foundation NSF This years year's major scientific project is the physical chemical and biological study of the Ross floss Ice Shelf Other tasks include plying several remote scientific stations and recovery of a LC- LC Hercules ski-equipped ski transport plane which crashed during a previous Deep DeepFreeze DeepFreeze DeepFreeze Freeze deployment Also joining the scientists and support personnel will be the Coast Guard icebreaker Northwind Northwind Northwind Nor- Nor US U.S. Air Force transports transports tran tran- sports cargo and fuel ships ship from the Navys Navy's Military Command and units of the Royal New Zealand Army and Air Force TilE THE l COl COMBINED forces designated Task Force are under the command of Capt Claude H. H Nordhill a veteran of three prior Deep Freeze deployments Operations at McMurdo Station are continuing until mid mid- February when the Antarctic winter begins About 60 Go Navy personnel and a smaller number of civilian scientists and support personnel will winter over at McMurdo Station Antarctica He joined the Coast Guard in January 1963 Dean is the husband of the former Elva Chandler daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Chandler Randlett |