OCEAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

page 29 - January,1964, Ben Oostdam's Autobiography

Jan. 25, Saturday:

Up at 05:00. Since the bus was
too late, I picked up our people,
including the Bascoms.
We flew along the coast, taking
photos galore, including of
the shipwreck

a more recent photograph after Walvis Bay became part of Namibia
We landed at Walvis Bay,
a South African enclave within
South West Africa.
It was rather barren, and our
agent took us for dinner and
drinks in the hotel.
We unloaded, swore at the
Landrover we were given to use,
and took in a Nancy Kwan
movie that evening.

Jan. 26, Sunday:
After a good breakfast and some reading and napping, we painted the buoys and winch and talked with Tatum, who has visited some 38 countries.
That evening we spooled the wire onto the winch drum and I wrote a letter to Denise.
The Bascoms went on to explore the Namib until the scheduled arrival of "Rockeater" from Long Beach . . .

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