By the Editor: For such a remote location, one might be forgiven for occasionally forgetting how much RN effort has been employed in protecting UK Antarctic region’s interests. The author’s vignette below describes part of that effort of operating at the ends of the earth. In 15 February 1948 I was serving as a Midshipman in the Colony-Class cruiser Nigeria, (similar to the Towns-class, like HMS Belfast, but with straight funnels) the flagship of the South Atlantic squadron based at Simonstown, South Africa. Suddenly at noon that hot Sunday as we were all looking forward to a relaxing afternoo…
