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USAF LC-47H lands and taxis as LH-34B flies overhead and men are scattered about on ice in Antarctica.
U.S. Air Force Douglas LC-47Hs Skytrain land and take off in Antarctica. A large sign reading "Welcome to Three Palms, Antarctica; Population 21; Elevation 21'", a drawing of three palm trees in a cluster, the trunks in orange and the leaves in green, the letters, "NCEL MCBS". On ice covered land, equipment seen far in the background. USAF LC-47H approaches far in the background, for landing on skis. The aircraft touches down and taxis. Men are scattered about on ice. The aircraft slows down at far end of the runway. LH-34B in flight overhead. The LC-47H comes to a stop.
Crew members dig snow and ice during an expedition to Antarctica.
A film about Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. Ship Quest reaches the southern most point of it's trip during their Antarctica expedition. Crew members dig and load blocks of ice in a container. The container being pulled aboard . The crew members dig at the snow covered ice and a dog is seen in the foreground. The ship is stopped, unable to get past the ice.
Different species of birds on Ascension Island seen as Ernest Shackleton's ship, The Quest, is returning to Antarctica
Film of the Quest's return journey, 8 months after the death of SIr Ernest Shackleton at South Georgia, Antarctica (on January 3, 1922). The expedition has stopped at Ascension Island en route to Antarctica. On 4th August, the expedition's naturalist George Hubert Wilkins, together with Major C. A. Tennyson (Commandant of the Ascension Island Garrison), explores a colony of sooty terns (also known as Wideawakes).
MATS C-124 and Navy R5D aircraft operating in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze
During U.S. Navy's Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica. A tracked vehicle moves on snow in front of Observation Hill. (This area would become Mcmurdo Station.) A Military Air Transport Service (MATS) C-124C Aircraft taxis down sea-ice runway and turns around to takeoff . It makes makes a long takeoff roll and breaks ground with slow rate of climb, churning up a fog of snow in the process. . Small weasel with small trailer with fire extinguisher on it. Navy R5D Aircraft in the background taxiing for take off. R5D taxis. Yellow fuel truck is seen. R5D makes a jet assisted takeoff. Flame is seen from the JATO bottles under the aircraft during takeoff roll and much trailing smoke, as the aircraft breaks ground with a high rate of climb.
Dog sledges loaded with supplies move on the snow during Antarctic Expedition in Antarctica.
U.S. Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd during Antarctic Expedition in Antarctica. Supplies being unloaded from the an anchored ship. Men walk on the snow. Dog sledges loaded with supplies move on the snow. A Ford airplane (the Floyd Bennett) being lowered to the ice. Several dogs pull it on the snow. Men stay in shelters in the polar region. They work with spades to build houses. Men dine together.
Byrd Expedition Explorers with huskies at a camp site in Antarctica.
Byrd Expedition Explorers at camp site in Antarctica. Huskies in chains. A man pulls one husky aside. Loaded sledges tied with chains. Huskies lying on the snow. A man retrieves food from a sledge and gives it to each dog. The dogs eat. Man shovels snow into a container outside a tent. He settles the snow, put the container in a heater and shuts the lid. He takes it into a tent. Tents at the camp site. Men emerge from tents and put on their coats. A mild blizzard over the mountains. Man attaches harness to sledge. Dogs covered in snow. A snow mound with a flag. Man packs and settles a sledge. The Expedition's Ford Trimotor airplane flies overhead. Snow covered mountains. Huskies pull the sledge across the terrain.
