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LVTs (landing vehicle tracked) hauling supply sledges move along the icy surface of Antarctica.
Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Two LVTs (landing vehicle tracked) hauling supply sledges move along the icy surface of Antarctica. American flags mounted on them. A DC-3's landing gear wheels are replaced with snow skis to adapt its landing. Oil is pumped into the plane through special pumps. Plane takes off.
Commander of a U.S. navy destroyer USS Brownson, Captain George Dufek makes an exploration voyage to Mount Erebus in Antarctica.
Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Commander of the U.S. navy destroyer USS Brownson (DD-518). Captain George Dufek makes an exploration voyage to Mount Erebus, Antarctica's most active volcano. Captain Dufek falls into icy cold water when his flying fox (Zip line) snaps while boarding a ship. Rescue boat rushes to his aid. Dufek grabs the lifeline and is rescued
Shows U.S. Navy Central Group stuck in the ice and aircraft being prepared for exploration missions in Antarctica.
Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Shows a U.S. Navy fleet stuck in the ice in Antarctica at "Little America." Coast Guard Icebreaker Northwind and landing crafts break and loosen the ice. The fleet is freed and gets underway. Aircraft are prepared for exploration missions. Cameras including K17 models,film reels and other photographic apparatus are loaded aboard aircraft. Radar magnetic detectors are mounted on the plane to detect minerals under the ice. Aircraft takes off. Shows Admiral Richard E. Byrd aboard an aircraft flying above Antarctic glacier. He drops a boxed U.S. flag from the plane's window.
U.S. Navy personnel work on an airplane and jack it up in Antarctica.
Activities of U.S. Navy personnel in Antarctica during Operation High Jump. An airplane parked at a snow covered air strip. The wheels of the airplane and the motor covered with a canvas. Men measure snow pressure. Men jack up the airplane.
U.S. Navy personnel work and carry a board to be used as a windbreaker in a camp in Antarctica.
Activities of U.S. Navy personnel in Antarctica during Operation High Jump. A man walks in snow. A church tent and other tents in the camp are covered with snow. A weasel drives past on the snow covered area. A man carries a board to be used as a windbreaker in the foreground.
A photographer enters a tent and takes out a tripod in Antarctica during Operation High Jump.
Activities of U.S. Navy personnel in Antarctica during Operation High Jump. U.S. Navy Noorduyn JA-1 Norseman aircraft parked on an air strip. A photographer stamps snow off his boots and opens the door of a tent. He carries a tripod out of the tent. Another man arrives near the tent.
