Ships
of the Central Group
pick their way through the pack ice off the Ross Sea. In order: Northwind, Merrick, Yancey, Mount Olympus. |
U.S.S.
Yancey |
R4D prepared
for takeoff. |
| Photographers Mates
shooting movies from the weasel. |
Clipped by
the Royal Barbers! |
Letter writing session. |
| King Neptune and
company on the Royal Throne aboard Mount Olympus. |
Rear Admiral Byrd,
revisits his old hut at the site of the original Little America
and revives memories by smoking a 12 year old corn cob pipe left there
at the time of the departure of the Second Byrd
Expedition in 1935. |
Base Camp in
the Bay of Whales. |
| Secretary of the Navy
James V. Forrestal, congratulates Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd
on his arrival in Washington 14 April 1947. On the left: Admiral Chester
W. Nimitz and Rear Admiral Richard
H. Cruzen. |
This ice
whiskered sailor and 3700 others like him did the work
of Operation Highjump. |
Aviation personnel
hauling supplies by sled. |
| Icicles make
informal decoration on mess tent. |
Helicopter based
on Northwind returns from observation
flight. |
The Sennet
had to be rescued when
shifts in the wind caused the pack ice to close in on her. Here the Northwind
gets a heaving line preparatory to towing the sub to safety. |
| Robert C. Luther, F2/e aboard the U.S.S. Mount
Olympus, holds five Huskies
which were to accompany their mother to the Antarctic. |
Chow time and
no one minds waiting in line . . . much! |
An R4D
comes in for landing after a mapping flight. |
| Simple Antarctic
furnishings. |
Interior view of the Sick
Bay tent at Highjump Base. |
Through this line pass the best
fed men in the world. |
| Operating K-18
from flying bridge on Mount Olympus. |
View of ships
moored to bay ice. |
Northwind
splitting an ice floe. |
| Planning survey
flight. |
Camp Highjump. View
West. Altitude 1500 feet. |
A.H. Taylor, of the Naval Research Laboratory,
experiments with sonar
sounding through the ice. |
| Dr. Paul A. Siple
(left), senior representative of the War Department on Operation
Highjump, and Admiral Byrd. |
Rear Admiral Byrd
dropping United Nations flags over the South Pole. |
Antarctic swimming
session! |
| Unloading the weasel
from Yancey to the bay ice. |
Aerographers inflating radiosande
balloon on Mount Olympus. |
Viewing ice
pack from Burton Island. |
| Food supplies from
the U.S.S. Yancey are unloaded onto the
ice of the Bay of Whales. |
Navy motion
picture cameraman is swung out on a crane to document
progress of the U.S.S. Burton Island through
the ice pack. |
Central Group ships
in bay ice. |
| Mount Olympus
getting underway due
to ice in Bay of Whales. |
USCG Northwind
breaks up the ice pack
for the U.S.S. Yancey. |
LVT trail
party returns to Base Camp from seven day trip into interior
where they established an emergency food and fuel cache at the foot of
Mt. Helen Washington. |
| The U.S.S. Yancey
departs the Bay of Whales,
6 February 1947. Note crevasse in shelf ice in foreground. |
Dog team pulling
sled with cargo. |
Rear Admiral Byrd
and his staff aboard the flagship U.S.S.
Mount Olympus. |
| R4D transport plane, modified for aerial mapping,
get boost on takeoff with
JATO. |
Unloading food
supplies at base camp. |
Radar setup at
base camp. |
| Raising the flag
at Base Camp. |
Tractors pack
down snow on improvised bridge covering crack in Bay of Whales. |
Navy cameramen
photographing huge crevasse. |
| Photographic operations
tent. |
Mess line at
base camp. |
Sick Bay tent. |
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