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Members of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition raise barricades and build shelters in Little America, Antarctica.
Byrd Expedition members build Little America in Antarctica. Explorers at a camp site. Men shovel snow and pile up boxes to build a barricade against the strong icy winds. A man hits a stick on a pan to signal meal time. Men eat and drink at a table in the enclosure. A man takes a picture another one puts a flag in the ice sheet. Men dig in the snow with shovels. They raise tall planks to build a make shelters. Piles of boxes. Men work as a blizzard sweeps over the ice sheet. A man completes the roof with planks. Radio towers on the ice.
Supplies being moved by dog sled and other tractors at Little America III, Antarctica, during Antarctic III Expedition
U.S. explorer Richard E. Byrd's 3rd expedition to Antarctica. Team of workers constructing a large wooden building at Little America III. Condor seaplane seen behind the building. A tractor pulls sleds loaded with fuel drums. Boxes lying on snow. Camera placed on a tripod. Supplies being moved by dog sled. A tractor tows sled full of luggage.
U.S. Navy expedition team, "Operation High Jump" lands on Antarctica.
Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Shows U.S. Navy fleet in Antarctica. A group of emperor penguins. Antics of the penguins. Sailors anchor the ships with "dead men" (sunk pylons). Aircraft, vehicles and equipment including Weasels, trucks, bulldiozers, are unloaded from the ships up to "Little America." Huskies carry sailors on sledges and sleds. Demolition team plant charges and clears the way ahead. Men build an airstrip on the ice for the landings of U.S. DC-3 (R4D) aircraft. Tracked caterpillars and bulldozer level the surface. The expedition team starts to settle in Antarctica.
Admiral Byrd's first Antarctic expedition.
Admiral Byrd and Eagle Scout of the Boy Scouts of America, Paul Siple, seen with two pipe-smoking members of the expedition, in the library of Little America, in Antarctica. Shelves of books behind them. They plan a photographic flight to the Rockefeller Mountains. Men preparing the Fokker plane and fueling it for the flight. A man stands with bags and supplies. The plane taxis and takes off. Men wave as it takes flight. Plane in the skies. The plane parked at the foot of the Rockefeller Mountains beside the crews tent. Men at a recording equipment note down readings. Two men climb uphill and put up flags. They remove rocks with an ice axe and examine them. A man takes out a pad from his bag and takes notes. A blizzard over the ice sheet. Their Fokker Super Universal aircraft is severely damaged by the blizzard. A man examines the damages radio equipment. Men takes out rations, cups, and chocolates from a bag. They sit down to eat and drink. A man opens a sleeping bag. A rescue plane lands. The men greet their rescuers.
Explorers at a monument dedicated to past explorers in Antarctica.
Byrd Expedition Explorers at camp site in Antarctica. Man near a telescope on stand. man looks through the telescope and adjusts the view. A man plots a route using a compass on a map. Men walk across the snow to a point and mark it with a U.S. flag. A map shows the route between Little America and the South Pole. Men on dog sledges move across the terrain. Snow covered mountains in the background. Men walk up to a monument made up of a pile of stones, dedicated to explorers who reached this point in the past. They take off their hats as a sign of respect. A man takes out cans from this pile. The cans contain notes from various explorers. They read a note dated 14-16 December 1911, written by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He puts the note back into the can, closes it and replaces the same into the monument.
Byrd Expedition Explorers at a monument dedicated to past explorers in Antarctica.
Byrd Expedition Explorers at camp site in Antarctica. Man near a telescope on stand. man looks through the telescope and adjusts the view. A man plots a route using a compass on a map. Men walk across the snow to a point and mark it with a U.S. flag. A map shows the route between Little America and the South Pole. Men on dog sledges move across the terrain. Snow covered mountains in the background. Men walk up to a monument made up of a pile of stones, dedicated to explorers who reached this point in the past. They take off their hats as a sign of respect. A man takes out cans from this pile. The cans contain notes from various explorers. They read a note dated 6-7 January 1912. December 1911, written by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He puts the note back into the can, closes it and replaces the same into the monument.
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