A film about the journey of USS Burton Island to King Island in Alaska as a part of US Navy annual winter reconnaissance program. USS Burton Island stops at Kodiak island. Naval air station at the island. An aircraft pulls up into the hangar. Residential area in Kodiak. Snow covered mountains. A submarine pulls out of the bay. A helicopter being loaded aboard USS Burton Island . Ship underway at rough sea. Ice cover on the deck of the ship as men clear ice with shovels. Ice pieces float in water. Ice covered rails of the ship. Submarine under a thick ice cover.
A film about the journey of USS Burton Island to King Island in Alaska as a part of US Navy annual winter reconnaissance program. A crew member takes readings from gauges aboard the ship. Crew members wok on controls. Bunk beds and wash room aboard the ship. Sailors take shower and shave. Men serve food in a mess line. A sailor eats his meal. A dentist examines a patient's teeth and takes an X ray. A doctor measures a sailors blood pressure. An injured sailor lies on a bed as a doctor takes an X ray. Power presses and a washer at the laundry. Men at ship's store.