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Some fish taken at Bikini are poisonous if eaten. Others, 
when taken from the water decay rapidly and may quickly become 
unedible, he said. Because of the added dangers of radioactive 
materials in the area, no one will be permitted to eat fish 
taken in the area until a complete chemical study has been made 
of many specimens and the species is found to be completely free 
of radioactivity, 
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SEhBEES FROM ANTARCTICA TO WARM UP AT BIKINI 
Never scoff when you read that old Navy recruiting slogan 
"Join the Navy and see the world". At least 16 men now aboard 
the CHILTON do not. 
Four months ago they were wearing ankle-length flannel 
underwear and fur-lined mittens. That was at Little America, 
where from January into March they served with. Operation High- 
jump, the Antarctic expedition. 
Today, like everyone else in the Bikini Scientific Resurvey 
project, they are wearing shorts and short sleeves and still 
perspiring. Antarctica seems a long way off. 
And, as if two expeditions in one year weren’t enough, one 
of the much traveled 16 'was at Bikini in Operation Crossroads 
and five others saw duty inside the Arctic Circle within the 
past twelve months. Yes, some of these Navy boys really get 
around, geographically that is. 
Fifteen of the Highjump veterans are members of the SeaBee 
detachment headed by Ensign L. G. Timber-lake. They include: 
Chief Harry Zimmerman, of Cleveland, Ohio; Chief Herbert 
Scharrer, of Portland, Ore.; Donald R. Atkinson, KMCBE3; j, p. 
Borzill©, EMCBC2; H. C. Best, KKCBE3; Don Burch, MMCBE3; • 
Harold Craven, SFCBW1; Robert Corner, KMCBE2; Elmer Hines, 
CMCBB2; Steward Reiner, SFCBR3; R. M. Hitchcox, MMCBE2; J.G. 
Thomas, MMCBE1; Jacob J. Tola, KMC BE 3; S. ./, Turner, CMCBB1; 
and Milton Rise, CMCBB1. 
Chief Zimmerman, who reported to Highjump from Pt. Barrow, 
Alaska, where he worked with the SeaBee oil drilling crew, said 
he had time to squeeze in a 60 day leave between Highjump and 
the Bikini Scientific Resurvey. 
Four of the Bikini bound SeaBees, Thomas, Tola, Turner, 
and Rise participated in Project Bluenose, the Greenland 
expedition, before they made the cruise to the South Pole, At 
Little America the SeaBees built the base that serviced land- 
based transport planes attached to Highjump. 
Another much traveled man aboard the CHILTON is Chief John 
Dickison, of Monroe, Washington. Dickison, now attached to the 
x-Ray Division, participated in Operation Crossroads last year. 
Next he was assigned to Operation Highjump, and made the cruise 
to Antarctica aboard the submarine U.S.S. SENNETT, Now, he, too, 
is spending the summer at Bikini. 
Enroute heme from Antarctica the SeaBees aboard the U.S.S. 
MERRICK had a 28 day stopover in New Zealand while the ship had 
its rudder repaired. The rudder had been damaged in the ice off 
Little America. 
The SeaBees aboard the other cargo ship, the U.S.S. YANCEY 
had an opportunity to stop off in Scmoa for a look around. All 
the SeaBees from Operation Highjump, now aboard the CHILTON, 
reported from Port Hueneme, California, 
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