A rare old QSL of KØGVB/MM forced us to know a bit more about USS Burton Island (AGB-1), an icebreaker with a long and intense story. It could be that some Old Timers did work KØGVB/MM from 1967 and up, that was a great time to contact such a rare ones!
Starting in 1967 through 1978, I/B USS Burton Island went on eight different Deep Freeze operations to the Antarctic. In the operations, I/B USS Burton Island was responsible for creating and maintaining aids to
navigation, clearing channels through the ice for supply vessels, laying cables, delivering and dispatching the U.S. Mail at remote stations and vessels, search and rescue, fisheries patrol, law enforcement.
In addition to Deep Freeze operations, Burton Island served as a floating platform for scientific surveys and research around Alaska and other isolated polar areas. Burton Island also conducted numerous search and rescue (SAR) missions. In early 1964 I/B USS Burton Island was at Cape Hallett, Antarctica, bringing supplies to the scientific station.
Rigs on board for Ham radio purpose were: HT-32A, GSB 101, SX 101. Antenna 14AVS vertical 80-10 mts, modes AM/SSB/CW
From 9 July 1977 to 8 September 1977 I/B Burton Island undertook a cruise to the Arctic, during which time her crew constructed several radar navigation towers along the north coast of Alaska and conducted gravity surveys of the Arctic Ocean.
She was decommissioned on 9 May 1978.
To know more, check : http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/08/0801.htm?fbclid=IwAR3l7Sp0ZpJQgu5KRXMyY4JQeR1qWAIthhnf2gIf9_EBXtnZdfVv3kEUWVM
TNX the Antarctic veteran Dr. Volker Stecke DL8JDX, the attached QSL comes from his collection