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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1947

Page

13

Explorers See Antarctica Two Continents Not One

Aboard the Mt Olympus en route home the fourth Byrd expedition reports attempting to confirm a possible seventh continent near the bottom of the globe. Lt Cmdr John Howell notes a 15,000 foot Mt Walker discovery and a large inlet from the Franklin Roosevelt sea.

Antarctica Lee van Atta MT. Olympus INS South Pole America Cmdr John Howell Walker Franklin Roosevelt Sea Howell Antarctic Weddell Sea

Weather Hampered Antarctic Air Ops Amid Shipboard Strain

Fischer described how South America’s funnel shape and nearby peninsulas disrupted the force’s weather, hindering operations for the eastern task group. He said crews faced every misery climate from blizzards to gales and repeatedly had planes lowered only to be hauled back as skies closed or heavy snows began abruptly.

Antarctic Antarctica Owell Palmer Peninsula Marguerite Bay Great White Little America Palmer Weddell Sea Shdnan Navy Donald Fischer Fischer South America

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