When Paul Grisham returned home to California from Antarctica in 1968, he left one thing back on "The Ice," as he called the continent: a brown wallet, which held his Navy ID, driver's license, beer ration punch card, a recipe for homemade Kahlua, and a card with instructions on what to do in case of a chemical weapons attack. Last week, the battered wallet made its way back to Grisham, a former Navy meteorologist who spent 13 months in Antarctica as part of Operation Deep Freeze. Now 91, Grisham said he actually forgot that he lost his wallet while serving, but does remember other aspects about his time in Antarctica. During the coldest months, the temperature would plummet to -65 degrees, and because supplies couldn't be dropped off due to the ice, everyone had to eat canned food. Some of the only entertainment was at a two-lane bowling alley, and shortwave operators had to help people communicate with loved ones back home. In 2014, a building at McMurdo Station,
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A wallet that was lost in Antarctica in the 1960s has been returned to its rightful owner. Paul Grisham is now 91-years-old and lives with his wife in San Diego County. In 1967, Grisham was a Navy meteorologist working at McMurdo Station on Ross Island, the southernmost town on planet earth. When his assignment was done, he returned to his family in San Diego County, but his wallet stayed behind. On Saturday, the wallet arrived in the mail. It was found behind a locker during the demolition of a building at the Antarctic Naval installation. Among the items still inside the wallet were Grisham’s Navy ID, his driver’s license, a tax withholding statement, and a recipe for homemade Kahlua. There was no cash, in fact, Grisham and his fellow Naval personnel never carried cash because there was nothing to buy.