Interview of Conrad J. Jaburg by Dian O. Belanger

• Main Author: Jaburg, Conrad J.
• Other Authors: Belanger, Dian Olson, 1941-
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2009
• Subjects: Air pilots; Military > Antarctica > Interviews; Oral history; Operation Deep Freeze; Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Polar regions > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Jaburg; Conrad J. > Interviews; Antarctic; Arctic; Finn; Petty; Ross Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; VX-6; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36728

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. In this impromptu interview, Con Jaburg talked about his Deep Freeze II-III experiences at Ellsworth Station. A descendant of Sir James Ross, discoverer of the Great Barrier now called the Ross Ice Shelf, Jaburg was a VX-6 pilot qualified to fly both single-engine Otters and helicopters. He recalled the ships' getting beset in thick ice, having to choose an alternate station site, and the rush to get everything under cover before winter. He assessed the ongoing tensions that developed with Finn Ronne, who was both the military and scientific leader of the station-his censoring of outgoing messages, thwarting the IGY science program, petty actions that united the base against him. Jaburg also talked about air support for the summer traverse operations. National Science Foundation Antarctic Deep Freeze Association