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Page 384
... crevasse . Air Force planes , piloted by Lt. Col. C. J. Ellen , supported the trail party with airdrops of diesel ... crevasses some 200 miles from Little America . This network of giant cracks seemed to mark the continent's ice ...
... crevasse . Air Force planes , piloted by Lt. Col. C. J. Ellen , supported the trail party with airdrops of diesel ... crevasses some 200 miles from Little America . This network of giant cracks seemed to mark the continent's ice ...
Page 386
... crevasses . Seen from the air , the belt of chasms winds and writhes like the trail of a snake as it traces the plateau's edge . Air surveys told us that this band of visible crevasses across our projected route narrowed to a width of ...
... crevasses . Seen from the air , the belt of chasms winds and writhes like the trail of a snake as it traces the plateau's edge . Air surveys told us that this band of visible crevasses across our projected route narrowed to a width of ...
Page 388
... crevasses , partially fill them with snow , and then run the trail along their bottoms . If time had not been running out , the prop- osition would have seemed out of the ques- tion . But the party had been stalled at Crevasse Junction ...
... crevasses , partially fill them with snow , and then run the trail along their bottoms . If time had not been running out , the prop- osition would have seemed out of the ques- tion . But the party had been stalled at Crevasse Junction ...
Contents
Flight to Adventure Flying Their Own Singleengine Plane a Daring | v |
To the Men at South Pole Station By Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd | 1 |
Fledgling Wings of the Air Force By Thomas W McKnew | 266 |
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