Nineteen winterers that I know of claim some (well at least 1/2*) Canadian heritage--going back all the way to the Navy days of the original station:
Year(s) Name Position/Affiliations
1973 Gerald Davis equipment mechanic US Navy ASA
2001 Jennifer Bird dining attendant RPSC FOOD
2001 John Bird LIDAR Univ. of Illinois SCIENCE
2003 Karina Leppik*** AST/RO Harvard/Smithsonian SCIENCE
2005 Christian Otto physician RPSC MEDICAL
2005 Michael Ray* network engineer RPSC FEMC
2005 Eric Duncan production cook RPSC FOOD
2008 Keith Vanderlinde team member SPT SCIENCE
2009, 2010 Genevieve Ellison waste management RPSC OPS
2009 Michele Gentille sous chef NANA FOOD
2009 Jonathon Miller science tech/HR RPSC SCIENCE
2010 Mel MacMahon** winter site manager RPSC OPS
2011 Renée Nicole Douceur*** winter site manager RPSC OPS
2012 Jean-Pierre (JP) Brunel plumber RPSC/ASC FEMC
2014, 2016, 2017 Matthew Krahn machinist SCIENCE SCOARA/SPT
2016 Craig Knott winter site manager ASC OPS
2016 Mack Van Rossem grantee SCIENCE ICECUBE
2023 Jaden Pan supply technician AMENTUM SUPPLY
2025. Kevin Leung nurse pr/physician UTMB MEDICAL
* during my 2005 winter, one of our musical groups named themselves
the "2-1/2 Canadians" :) Michael was the "1/2"
** Mel has both Irish and Canadian heritage
*** Karina and Renée are American. Karina was born in Canada, and Renée was born in Montreal of Canadian ancestry.
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