By Kay McMeekin with Linda McGhee
John McGhee was born in Cumnock in 1935 and lives in Australia.
A mechanic driver and electrical fitter, John was stationed at Wilkes Station, Antatrica in the winter of 1961. Mount McGhee may have been named after him. The station was run by Australians so he had maybe emigrated to Australia first.
He worked as a lumberjack in Canada; trained young mechanics in Laos; worked at a gold mine in Papua. New Guinea as transportation captain; he has climbed to Everest base camp with his daughter and used to climb in Scotland with the late Dougal Haston.
His second daughter Jen has followed in his footsteps and also works in Antarctica, as does her partner. She drives the huge snowploughs that keep the runways clear at the airport on Antarctica. Most people have no idea that you can actually fly an Airbus onto Antarctica!!
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