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Byrd Forces Face Winter In Antarctic
The McMurdo Sound expedition reports record cold with 39 degrees below zero at Little America and a growing Antarctic night as Captain Kosco and Rear Admiral Cruzen warn winter has arrived. The Merrick convoy skirts a southward storm as Northwind tracks its course toward New Zealand.
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Byrd Forces
Antarctic
U.S.S
Mount Olympus
INS
Antarctica
Little America
Scott Island
George Kosco
Richard Cruzen
Burton Island
McMurdo Sound
Antarctic Circle
Cruzen
Richard E. S Byrd
Merrick
New Zealand
Northwind
Cmdr
Charles Dale
Mercedes
Texas
Dunedin