Interview of Rudolf A. Honkala by Dian O. Belanger
The Antarctic Deep Freeze oral history project was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and supported by the Antarctic Deep Freeze Association. The original paper copies and unaltered tapes have been deposited in the library of the National Science Foundation. Rudi Honkala, a Weath...
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ftohiostateu:oai:kb.osu.edu:1811/36721 2023-05-15T13:37:31+02:00 Interview of Rudolf A. Honkala by Dian O. Belanger Honkala, Rudolf A. Belanger, Dian Olson, 1941- 2009-04-23T17:45:20Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36721 en eng Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2 audio tapes available in the OSU Archives Antarctic Deep Freeze Oral History Project Record Group Number: 56.172 SPEC.RG.56.172 http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36721 Restrictions: This item is not restricted. United States. Weather Bureau Observations Meteorology -- Antarctica -- Observations Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Interviews Honkala Rudolf A. -- Interviews Transcript 2009 ftohiostateu 2020-08-22T19:19:55Z The Antarctic Deep Freeze oral history project was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and supported by the Antarctic Deep Freeze Association. The original paper copies and unaltered tapes have been deposited in the library of the National Science Foundation. Rudi Honkala, a Weather Bureau meteorological observer on New Hampshire's Mt. Washington and St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, volunteered to winter over at Wilkes in 1957 as an IGY weather observer and deputy scientific leader. Numerous delays brought worries about having time to establish the yet-unsited station. Honkala credited the satisfying year to group compatibility, Carl Eklund's congenial leadership, the camp’s entertaining dog team. He promoted the auxiliary icecap station to be able to compare weather data with that of the coast. He explained the sudden storms characteristic at Wilkes, hydrogen gas manufacture for weather balloon launching, and photomicrographing snow crystals. Honkala returned to Wilkes Station by request, to winter in 1960 with the Australians who now operated the station. He wintered at Palmer Station in the mid-1960s and summered there in 1969 for a solo glaciology project. National Science Foundation Antarctic Deep Freeze Association Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica St Lawrence Island Alaska Ohio State University (OSU): Knowledge Bank Antarctic Honkala ENVELOPE(25.500,25.500,65.533,65.533) Lawrence Island ENVELOPE(-103.718,-103.718,56.967,56.967) Palmer Station ENVELOPE(-64.050,-64.050,-64.770,-64.770) Palmer-Station ENVELOPE(-64.050,-64.050,-64.770,-64.770) The Antarctic |
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The Antarctic Deep Freeze oral history project was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and supported by the Antarctic Deep Freeze Association. The original paper copies and unaltered tapes have been deposited in the library of the National Science Foundation. Rudi Honkala, a Weather Bureau meteorological observer on New Hampshire's Mt. Washington and St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, volunteered to winter over at Wilkes in 1957 as an IGY weather observer and deputy scientific leader. Numerous delays brought worries about having time to establish the yet-unsited station. Honkala credited the satisfying year to group compatibility, Carl Eklund's congenial leadership, the camp’s entertaining dog team. He promoted the auxiliary icecap station to be able to compare weather data with that of the coast. He explained the sudden storms characteristic at Wilkes, hydrogen gas manufacture for weather balloon launching, and photomicrographing snow crystals. Honkala returned to Wilkes Station by request, to winter in 1960 with the Australians who now operated the station. He wintered at Palmer Station in the mid-1960s and summered there in 1969 for a solo glaciology project. National Science Foundation Antarctic Deep Freeze Association |
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Interview of Rudolf A. Honkala by Dian O. Belanger |
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Interview of Rudolf A. Honkala by Dian O. Belanger |
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2 audio tapes available in the OSU Archives Antarctic Deep Freeze Oral History Project Record Group Number: 56.172 SPEC.RG.56.172 http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36721 |
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