Interview of Max C. Brewer by Karen Nichols Brewster

Key Individuals Mentioned Part I: Griffith Evans, Captain of the ice breaker, Burton Island, pp. 31-32 Bobby Fischer, pilot, pp. 36-37, 67 John Schindler, Director of ice station, pp. 41-43 Warren Denner, Ice Station Director, pp. 44 John Kelly, Ice Station Director, pp. 44, 64 Max Britton, Navy rep...

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Main Author: Brewer, Max C.
Other Authors: Brewster, Karen Nichols
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6065
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Summary:Key Individuals Mentioned Part I: Griffith Evans, Captain of the ice breaker, Burton Island, pp. 31-32 Bobby Fischer, pilot, pp. 36-37, 67 John Schindler, Director of ice station, pp. 41-43 Warren Denner, Ice Station Director, pp. 44 John Kelly, Ice Station Director, pp. 44, 64 Max Britton, Navy representative, pp. 63-64 Part II: Max Britton, US Navy representative, pp. 2, 15, 27-28, 33, 36, 38, 44, 50 Waldo Lyons, Chief Scientist of the Naval Electronics Laboratory, pp. 3-4 George McGinnity, Laboratory Director, pp. 4 Nettie McGinnity, marine biologist, wife of George, p. 4 John Schindler, Director of the Ice Station, pp. 5 Kenny Toovak, pp. 8-9 Paul Churnick, assistant shop foreman, pp. 8-9 John Beck, pp. 7-10, 15 Dave Tyree, p. 17 Ned Ostenso, p. 17 ? Stibe, Norwegian Arctic explorer, pp. 11-13 Tom Owen, admiral, p. 33 Berndt Balcom, in charge of search and rescue in Alaska, pp. 32-33 Harry Strong, p. 33 Jay Hirschman, died while on an ice floe, pp. 37-40 Bobby Fischer, pilot, pp. 44-45 Pete Sovalik, pp. 46-47 The media can be accessed at the links below. Audio Part I-1: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Max_Brewer_First_1.mp3 Audio Part I-2: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Max_Brewer_First_2.mp3 Audio Part I-3: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Max_Brewer_First_3.mp3 Audio Part II-1: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Max_Brewer_Second_1.mp3 Audio Part II-2: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Max_Brewer_Second_2.mp3 Audio Part II-3: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Max_Brewer_Second_3.mp3 Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.