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USS Bear with members of a South Pole expedition gets underway from Boston, Massachusetts.

The U.S. Navy survey ship USS Bear (AG-29) departing Boston, Massachusetts. Dogs and men aboard the ship at a dock in Boston. As well-wishers wave from the pier, the USS Bear gets underway with members of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (AKA Admiral Byrd’s third Antarctic Expedition) aboard.