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.
Assistant Secretary of Commerce Claude Huston visits the Arctic Region to study Arctic fisheries and fur seals. Claude Huston and other officials stand in front of a ship. They converse with each other. A sailor standing on the ship deck releases a rope into the sea.
Assistant Secretary of Commerce Claude Huston visits the Arctic region to study Arctic fisheries and fur seals. Claude Huston walks out of a building and wears his hat. Officials walking. They pose for a photograph. A woman holding a child in her arms. Officers and sailors enter a building. They pose for a photograph. View of houses and sea in the background.
Norwegian explorer, Ronald Amundsen steps from the Byrd expedition aircraft (Fokker F-VII Tri-motor airplane, the "Josephine Ford") with navigation instruments in his hands. These are gifts from Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd, to assist Amundsen and Ellsworth on their imminent arctic flight aboard the airship Norge. Byrd in Navy uniform, and Michael J. Brennan, U.S. Merchant Marine, Captain of the SS Chantier, follow Amundsen out of the airplane. Byrd joins Amundsen and they converse briefly. Then Captain Brennan examines some charts with Amundsen. Byrd holds a special sun compass invented by Albert H. Bumstead, chief cartographer of the National Geographic Society, and explains it to Lincoln Ellsworth, who then takes it in hand and manipulates it. Next event shown is on morning of May 11, 1926, as Byrd and Bennett take off, in the "Josephine Ford," in front of the parked airship, Norge, to provide a courtesy escort for the airship as it gets underway. Their plane is seen flying overhead as ground crews prepare the Norge for departure. Next, the Norge is seen rising vertically from the ground. Viewed from the Kings Bay dock the Norge is seen aloft in the distance. Aerial view, fairly close, of the Norge underway (presumably taken by Byrd, from his airplane).
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.