Russia's atom powered icebreaker on its first operational voyage in Arctic. It brings supplies and equipment to the Arctic for establishing a scientific outpost on an ice floe. Interior of the icebreaker. Men discuss a map. Other vehicles on snow. Men stand. Houses in the background. A flag hoisted. Men gather around the flag.
United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd's 1926 arctic expedition. Cameraman sets up motion picture camera on tripod atop a floating ice floe. Expedition workers float the Fokker trimotor aircraft, named, "Josephine Ford," ashore. Only its nose engine and wing are installed. Later, after being fully assembled, the engines are started. Floyd Bennett and Richard Byrd, conversing, over the roar of the engines. Team members having a meal near the airplane.
Crew members aboard the SS Chantier, look over the ship's side and seize an American flag from the hand of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander, Richard Byrd, as he climbs aboard, dressed in his arctic parka. Next, Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett, are seen surrounded by cheerful, congratulatory expedition members, as they stand on the deck. An illustrated scroll is seen listing America's polar heroes: Robert E. Peary and Richard E. Byrd, both of the U.S. Navy. Closeup of Richard Byrd. A message of congratulations to Commander Byrd, sent from the Presidential Yacht, USS Mayflower, dated May 9, 1926, and signed by President Calvin Coolidge.
United States submarine Nautilus in the Arctic region. Ice scattered on the surface of the sea. Starboard side of the United states submarine Nautilus as it pushes against solid ice. Men at the bow of the submarine as a sea diver descends to check the bow of the submarine. Men on bow tend air hose and lines to the diver underwater. Bubbles on the water surface. The diver pops to the surface and comes along side. He climbs up the ladder and comes aboard. His helmet is removed. Men move onto the deck of the submarine as it moves in an area covered with pieces of ice. Water washes the stern of the submarine as it pitches up and down in the broken ice.
United States submarine Nautilus in the Arctic region. Nautilus up against solid ice and men on the deck of the submarine. Men move over gangplank from Nautilus to solid ice. Two men with sighting instruments. They sight a position and take notes. Two men sit on ice near tripods as one of them smokes a pipe. Men on ice alongside Nautilus.
United States submarine Nautilus during an expedition in the Arctic region. Engine room of Nautilus. A man in the engine room releases lever to operate the shaft. Two rubber air hoses hang from the bulkhead. A technician secures Nansen bottle to a rack on the wall in submarine. He checks the bottle and takes down notes. Sir Hubert Wilkins and a man work on a pipe in the submarine as a line is attached to the pipe.