In the foreground, another assistant sits on a shipping crate. This photograph is from the Ascension Island Historical Society in Georgetown, Ascension. I returned to the Gill Site in June 2001, and found it much the same as I had in 1994. The photo above corresponds pretty well to the vintage photo above, in that the main tent clearing is visible, as is some of the sand they had spread out. The paths are still very recognizable.
Shells collected by isabel and left at the entrance to the main tent are still there in place.
Another vintage photograph showing the Gills sitting in front of the main tent. The image is poor, but about the best showing both of them at the camp site. David Gill is wearing the light colored coveralls seen in the first vintage photograph. Note Victorian attire of Isabel. This photograph is from the Ascension Island Historical Society in Georgetown, Ascension.