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. 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. Chow time and no one minds waiting in line . . . An R4D comes in for landing after a mapping flight.