The Hero in Newport, 2005...

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Okay, it is now late spring 2005 (in the Northern Hemisphere) and Tom DeVries stopped by the Newport waterfront with his camera. Tom was the chief scientist on two cruises (Peninsula Valdez, Argentina in 1981, and Chonos Archipelago, Chile in 1983). This is what he saw...


storage place



At left, another view of the starboard side...she was
being used for storage, with no public access.

suite home




Tom and wife Marijke in front of
their honeymoon suite of October 1983.



September/October 2006. Palmer Team 77 has a HERO reunion!