Assistant Secretary of Commerce Claude Huston visits the Arctic region to study Arctic fisheries and fur seals. A group of men throws fur seal pelts into a room. A man sprays water through a pipe. They wash the fur seal pelts. People walk in and out of a building. Claude Huston and other officials stand in front of a building.
From U.S. Air Force Northeast Air Command digest. Aerial views from USAF aircraft of snow covered mountain peaks and lakes in remote Northeast regions. View of frozen river and partially frozen rivers. Glacier calving and ice falls into water in the Arctic region. View of stark regions north of Newfoundland, into the heart of the arctic. Ice and rock areas and glaciers. Narrator indicates that temperatures are sometimes as low as 80 degrees below zero.
United States submarine Nautilus O-12 (SS-73) in the Polar Arctic region during a polar expedition. Men load supplies onto Nautilus. George Hubert Wilkins and Lincoln Ellsworth and others stand and chat. Wilkins and Ellsworth along with another crew members put on their jackets and caps to protect themselves from cold during an expedition in the Arctic region.
United States submarine Nautilus in the Arctic region during a polar expedition. A diver moves down a ladder into the sea along the side of Nautilus in the Arctic region during a polar expedition. A man washes dishes inside the submarine. Food laid out on a table as a man serves. George Hubert Wilkins reads a book as he lies in a bunk bed. Men at the bow of the submarine. A man in the engine room works with wires. Men at the bow of the submarine.
United States Marines in the Arctic region for cold weather survival training. A tent with snow covered equipment lying beside its entrance. A ship moves in snow covered water in the Arctic region. United States Marines seated on a sledge or sled being pulled by a vehicle. Men skiing down a slope. The Marines place sandbags. Cars moving on a road in the background.
United States submarine Nautilus O-12 (SS-73) in the Arctic region during its 1931 polar expedition. Submarine leaves the coast for the Arctic region. The submarine underway at sea. Naval artillery aboard the submarine. A woman and a dog aboard it. A ship underway at sea.