Wayne White
Joined Atlas Obscura in 2026
I am Wayne L. White, the president of the Old Antarctic Explorers Association OAEA and a member of The Explorers Club of New York, the Adventurers Club of Los Angeles and the Antarctican Society. I am the former three-time winter manager at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station. In that position I was responsible for the health and safety of my three winter crews of approximately 42 personnel, the station itself and all science assets. This assignment was in one of the most challenging environments on the planet. This was the topic of my book “Cold: Three Winters at the South Pole.”
Prior to my time in the United States Antarctic Program, USAP I was a Department of Defense DoD contractor. For over twenty years I specialized in remote assignments and lived and worked at Diego Garcia British Indian Territory, Singapore, Midway Atoll, Shemya Island Alaskan Aleutians, Iraq, Kuwait, Wake Island, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Ascension Island. Before that I was involved in personal expedition type travels to New Guinea, the Amazon and Africa.
I am a US Marine Veteran and hold a BA in Geography from California State University Fullerton and a Master’s in Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences from Tulane’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. I own the Baylor-Norvel home of Rockport Texas which was built in 1868. The home contains my collection of ethnic and exploration artifacts.
