NAVY NEWS, MAY 1999 Options
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The Ark Royal Pilot Watch a classic timepiece to honour a naval legend • TAKING THE PLUNGE: LD Eamon Fullen prepares to enter the icy water with a rare and dangerous four-metre leopard seal which appeared close to HMS Endurance at Dundee Island.
Chilling moment for Endurance divers A
S ICE patrol ship HMS Endurance was heading home from the Antarctic she had a chilling experience to report. During a dive in the freezing waters off Dundee Island the ship's diving team were joined by a huge leopard seal, reputed to be one of the most dangerous killers in Antarctic waters. Little is known about these rare creatures except that they have been known to stalk and attack humans without provocation. But the divers, led by Lt Stuart Long and LD Eamon Fullen, were undeterred by the four-metre long, half-tonne animal. LD Fullen said: "In my 14 years of diving I have never experienced such an amazing and potentially dangerous dive. "When the leopard seal opens its mouth inches away from you and
KILLER: the Leopard Seal you can count its many teeth, you begin to wonder whether being in the water with it is such a good idea. "Fortunately, we had just seen it feed on a penguin, so I hoped it wouldn't be too hungry!"
During the deployment the team has explored many locations in the Antarctic and at the South Georgia Garrison, including dives with dolphins and hump backed whales. LD Fullen's encounter was the latest adventure in a remarkable life. He was awarded the QGM after dramatic rescues during the Zeebrugge ferry disaster and survived a broken neck in 1990 and an altitude induced heart attack on Mount Everest in 1996. Last year he fell just short of setting a new mountaineering record on Mount Shkhara in Georgia but is hoping to make history on his return from Antarctica by becoming the first man to climb all 47 of the highest mountains in Europe. Other notable achievements in HMS Endurance were made by aviators Lt Cdr Mark Greaves and Lts Steve Hilson and Stephen Crockatt, who all clocked-up their 2,000 flying hours within two months of each other. And after the ship's three-day Winter Olympics at Rothera Survey Base deep within Antarctica (Navy News April 99) she received a flying visit from Flag Officer Surface Flotilla, Rear Admiral Peter Franklyn. The Admiral flew to the Falkland Islands from RAF Brize Norton before completing his journey to Rothera by British Antarctic Survey Dash 7 aircraft. The trip gave Admiral Franklyn his first taste of Antarctica and he was soon sharpening his ice-breaking skills by driving the ship through heavy pack ice. And before he began his long journey back to Portsmouth he was thoroughly briefed on all aspects of HMS Endurance's work and the many achievements that she has made during her deployment.
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• CHAMPAGNE ON ICE: HMS Endurance aviators Lt Cdr Mark Greaves, Lt Steve Hilson and Lt Stephen Crockatt celebrate 6,000 flying hours with the ship's CO, Captain Tim Barton.
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