Warden, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) general assistant, Halley Station, 1970–72, who worked in the area.
Mike Warden writes: In 1970, after a month traveling through the Shackleton Mountain range, the two sledge parties arranged to rendez vous back at their airdrop depot on the Slessor Glacier on Christmas Day.
But delayed by bad weather, Peter Clarkson, geologist, and Mike "Muff" Warden, doggyman, said that "come hell or high water" we would get back to the depot on New Year's Eve.
The sun was high in the sky so the surfaces were lousy - sticky and soft - making it very heavy work for the two dog teams.
Our two dog teams were exhausted and didn't even have a final burst of energy when they got sight of the depot which we eventually reached at 22.45 hours.
The contribution dogs made to the exploration of the continent has been marked by a statue of a husky placed outside the headquarters of the British Antarctic Survey at Cambridge, UK.