Interview of Michael Baronick 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. Aviation ordnance chi...
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ftohiostateu:oai:kb.osu.edu:1811/36751 2023-05-15T13:38:14+02:00 Interview of Michael Baronick by Dian O. Belanger Baronick, Michael, 1923-2000 Belanger, Dian Olson, 1941- 2009-04-23T17:46:46Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36751 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: 56.157 SPEC.RG.56.157 http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36751 Restrictions: This item is not restricted. United States. Navy -- Aviation -- Ground support -- Interviews Operation Deep Freeze Oral history Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Interviews Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Interviews Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Interviews Baronick Michael 1923-2000 -- Interviews Transcript 2009 ftohiostateu 2020-08-22T19:21:54Z 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. Aviation ordnance chief Mike Baronick was a crew member on the first R5D that flew to the polar continent from New Zealand in December 1955. He wintered over at McMurdo during Deep Freeze I as the senior aviation enlisted man. The line chief for the aviation unit VX-6, he was responsible for all operations on the aircraft-fuel, arrivals and departures, maintenance, preheating. He also had charge of building and running the Beardmore auxiliary base for three spring-summer months of DF II. Mistakenly located that year at the foot of the Liv Glacier, the small temporary camp was a weather station and refueling stop for Pole-to-McMurdo flights. Baronick served in five Deep Freeze operations in all, through DF 60. He died in 2000. National Science Foundation Antarctic Deep Freeze Association Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Liv Glacier Ohio State University (OSU): Knowledge Bank Antarctic Arctic Beardmore ENVELOPE(174.900,174.900,-83.350,-83.350) Liv Glacier ENVELOPE(-168.000,-168.000,-84.917,-84.917) New Zealand The Antarctic VX-6 ENVELOPE(162.200,162.200,-72.633,-72.633) |
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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. Aviation ordnance chief Mike Baronick was a crew member on the first R5D that flew to the polar continent from New Zealand in December 1955. He wintered over at McMurdo during Deep Freeze I as the senior aviation enlisted man. The line chief for the aviation unit VX-6, he was responsible for all operations on the aircraft-fuel, arrivals and departures, maintenance, preheating. He also had charge of building and running the Beardmore auxiliary base for three spring-summer months of DF II. Mistakenly located that year at the foot of the Liv Glacier, the small temporary camp was a weather station and refueling stop for Pole-to-McMurdo flights. Baronick served in five Deep Freeze operations in all, through DF 60. He died in 2000. National Science Foundation Antarctic Deep Freeze Association |
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Interview of Michael Baronick by Dian O. Belanger |
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Interview of Michael Baronick 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: 56.157 SPEC.RG.56.157 http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36751 |
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