Interview of Bernard G. Koether by Brian Shoemaker

• Main Author: Koether, Bernard G.
• Other Authors: Shoemaker, Brian
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2009
• Subjects: Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Glacier (Icebreaker); Ice breaking operations > Antarctica; Koether; Bernard G. > Interviews; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Arctic; Atka; Belle Isle; Burton; Burton Island; Drake Passage; Ewing; Fuchs; Greenland; Island B; Little America; Little America V; Maurice; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; ice pack; Icebreaker; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/37678

Mr. Bernard G. Koether (Ben) has a very unique polar background. He grew up in City Island, New York and spent much of his formative years as a teenager and college student involved with sailing ships. In the summer of 1953 Ben landed a job on the Vema, a 220-foot topsail schooner to Northern Labrad...