Antarctic Taro and Giro "survival of a miracle" members at the time talk about two memories

Antarctica Taro and Giro, members of the "Miracle Survival," talk about two memories at 17:29 on January 14

In the early days of Japan's Antarctic observation team, the observation team's calafto dog was left behind at Syowa Station. About a year later, two animals, Taro and Giro, were confirmed to have survived in 1959 and January 14, 1959. Day. A man who participated in the observation team looked back on the "survival of miracles" which was widely reported and turned into a movie.

Junji Nakamura (96), living in Tokyo's Chofu City, participated from the 1st to the 3rd party of the Japanese Antarctic Observation Corps while working at Tokyo Observatory from 1956 to 1958. And other observations.

However, of these, the second party was hit by the bad weather of the Antarctic and the thick ice, and had to give up observation while wintering, and Nakamura had to withdraw from Syowa base.

At that time, due to problems with airplane fuel, the observation team had to make a difficult decision to leave 15 Karafuto dogs including Taro and Giro at the base with immediate food.

Mr. Nakamura said, "The dogs were about 10 square meters apart and connected to each other at about 100 square meters, but they also knew that they could be left at the base. He continued to roar and seemed to be crying. I was so sorry that I remember turning twice over the Showa base. "

Mr. Nakamura who was concerned about the dogs also joined the third party of the observation team.

On January 14, 1959, about 11 months after the withdrawal, it was confirmed that two taros, Taro and Jiro, were miraculously alive at Syowa Station.

Mr. Nakamura said, "I was happy. At first I did not understand Taro and Jiro, but I came closer when I called my name. Taro and Jiro were more familiar with the locals than our members, and after that I gave various directions He said. "

As a third party overwintering party, Mr. Nakamura went on an expedition trip with Saro and Jiro on a sleigh expedition and said that he deepened exchanges. It's the same as a human. "

The 96-year-old Nakamura now spends more time lying down at home, and his relatives want to keep a record of his activities in Antarctica.

Reiko, the wife of Nakamura's eldest son, said, "There are a lot of materials left, so I would like to organize them so that they can be used as materials for the early days of the Antarctic observation team."