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First Chapter Operation Deepfreeze Successful
Sa n Pett reports Operation Deepfreeze closes its first chapter as eight ships and 1,800 men depart Antarctica for New Zealand. Rear Adm. Dufek calls it the biggest base building and aerial field study yet, with two bases nearing completion at Little America and McMurdo Sound and IGY plans to expand science across the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saul Pett
Antarctica
South Pole
New Zealand
Uss
Arneb
Antarctic
George Dufek
Richard E. Byrd
Ross Ice Shelf
McMurdo Sound
Little America
Mec- Murdo
International Geophysical Year
IGY
McMurdo
Navy
Vx6 Squadron
Geographic Pole
Byrd
Magnetic South Pole
United States
Weddell Sea
McMurdo Bay
Hut Point
Bay
Ross Shelf
Nespelen
Edisto
Budd Coast
Cmdr
Edgar V. Mohr
Washington
Sulzberger Bay
Kainan Tir
J. Q. Tierney
Miami
Fla
Malcolm Davis
National Zoo