A float helicopter flying hovering above the helipad of the suction hopper dredger W.D. Gateway (1969) in the Beafort Sea

A float helicopter flying hovering above the helipad of the suction hopper dredger W.D. Gateway (1969) in the Beafort Sea. The photographer is standing on the port side of the bridge looking aft and to starboard. According to the photographer's autobiography, the helicopter had been sent to find W.D. Gateway due to a communications blackout to find the vessel waiting for an opening in the ice floes.

This is Slide 14 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Navigator for the suction hopper dredger W.D. Gateway (1969) owned by Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd from 7 July 1982 to 30 July 1982. This series consists of 36 slides.

Object details

ID: PCT16946
Type: Colour transparency
Materials: Polyester negative; Card (mount)
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Vessels: W. D. Gateway (1969)
Date made: Between 7 July 1982 and 30 July 1982
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm