Vale Graeme Wheeler

Station Year Season
Mawson 1957 Winter

With much sadness, the ANARE Club advises the passing of Graeme Wheeler on 3 February 2025.
The ANARE Club extends its condolences to Graeme’s family and friends.

Graeme was a wintering Weather Observer at Mawson 1957.

(Notified by email from John Pinn on 19 February)

I bring the sad news of the death of Graeme Wheeler who was on the Meteorology Team in 1957. Graeme passed away on February 3 after a long illness. He was living in Gippsland Victoria.

I lived in the  same hut (Balleny) as Graeme, and he shared many activities and adventures with me at Mawson and subsequently in Australia.  He was a highly active adventurer and a skilled writer, author, photographer, artist and raconteur.  He passed  many of those skills onto his sons and he was patiently and wonderfully supported by his wife.

John Pinn M57

Commitment to the ANARE Club

Graeme Wheeler joined the ANARE Club in 1958, contributed to Aurora Journal, and served on the ANARE Club Committee 1961-62

Contributions to Aurora Journal

Month YEAR ARTICLE TITLE AUTHOR VOL NO PAGE Journal / Link
September 1985 The Figures Behind the Figures Graeme Wheeler 17 4 Aurora Journal Spring 1985
March 1998 On The Greenflash and other atmospheric Graeme Wheeler 17 3 10 Aurora Journal Autumn 1998
December 1999 Mawson the Long Way [Hillary’s tractors] Graeme Wheeler 19 2 15 Aurora Journal Summer 1999
March 2000 Mawson the Long Way Part 2 Graeme Wheeler 19 3 22 Aurora Journal Autumn 2000

Antarctic Service Recognition

Graeme Trevor Wheeler was awarded the Polar Medal in 1960.

Antarctic Place Names

Wheeler Bay – A bay just west of Magnet Bay in Kemp Land. Mapped from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Brodrene by Norwegian cartographers. Renamed after G.T. Wheeler, weather observer at Mawson in 1957. [Reference]

Wheeler Rocks – A small group of islands in Wheeler Bay, just west of Magnet Bay in Kemp Land. Mapped from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Brxdrene by Norwegian cartographers. Renamed after G.T. Wheeler, weather observer at Mawson in 1957. [Reference]