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William C. Haines, Weather Bureau employee, senior meteorologist on first andsecond Byrd Antarctic Expeditions. He was one of two Weather Bureau employeeswho were the first NOAA ancestor agency employees to winter over inAntarctica. His nickname was Cyclone. He accompanied the second ByrdAntarctic Expediton and was awarded a special Congressional Medal. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Photo)