Interview of Henry H. Brecher by Raimund E. Goerler

• Main Author: Brecher, Henry H.
• Other Authors: Goerler, Raimund E. (Raimund Erhard), 1948-
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2005
• Subjects: Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Polar regions > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Brecher; Henry H; Arctic; Byrd; Byrd Station; Craddock; Darlington; Elliot; Finn; Goldthwait; Jenny; Pratt; South Pole; Whillans; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6041

Walter Wood, pp. 8 George Mick, pp. 9 Mark Gordon, pp. 10 Henry Morozumi, pp. 10 Campbell Craddock, pp. 16-17 Ed Thiel, pp. 16 Ed Robinson, pp. 16 Jenny Darlington, pp. 17 Finn Ronne, pp. 17 Harry Darlington, pp. 17 Antero Havola, pp. 19, 22-23, 26-27 Dr. Richard Goldthwait, pp. 20, 25, 31, 33, 37 Bert Crary, pp. 20 Walter Davis, pp. 26, 28 Warrant Officer Fowler, pp. 26 _______ Darling, pp. 28 Colin Bull, pp. 33 Urho Uotila, pp. 33 Dean Merchant, pp. 34 Professor Hans Jerie, pp. 34 Terry Hughes, pp. 34, 41 Lonnie Thompson, pp. 34, 36, 42 David Elliot, pp. 36 David Bromwich, pp. 36 Ken Jezek, pp. 36 Ian Whillans, pp. 37 Mr. Chapman, pp. 38 Dr. Brandenberger, pp. 39 The media can be accessed at the links below. Audio Part 1: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Henry_Brecher_1.mp3 Audio Part 2: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Henry_Brecher_2.mp3 Henry Brecher’s interest in science led to a degree in mechanical engineering. After military service, he worked at Pratt and Whitney. His group studied different designs of burner nozzles for jet engines. A friend said that the Air Force Cambridge Research Labs were looking for people to go to Antarctica. They were searching for four people to observe aurora at the polar stations. Brecher was assigned to the Byrd Station. He operated a photometer to measure light intensity of the aurora and a sky camera for photographing the sky. In addition, he made visual observations every half hour. On special occasions, he made visual observations every fifteen minutes. Brecher observed from 4:00 pm to 8:00 am and volunteers observed from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. During the summer months, Brecher volunteered for other projects. In the second summer he assisted in the first American traverse to the South Pole. The problems encountered on the traverse are summarized. After working on this project, Dr. Goldthwait encouraged Brecher to come to Ohio State University. Faculty in the Department of Geology and the Department of Geodetic ...