U.S. ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27993, 13 June 1956, Page 19

U.S. ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

PLANS FOR SUMMER ACTIVITIES

GLOBEMASTER TO VISIT HAREWOOD (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) WASHINGTON. June 11. An 80-ton Globemaster will touch down at Harewood next Wednesday, bringing three United States Navy Ttfjce’- 1 -

officers to co-ordinate plans for the next Antarctic summer operations and tor the first aircraft landing at the South Pole, possibly next October. The United States plans to build a 25-mpn base at the Pole for earth science studies during the International Geophysical Year, which begins on_July 1, 1957.

The Navy said it will use 10 aircraft in the Antarctic in the coming operations, compared with four last year. In addition, the Air Force will use eight huge Cl24’s to drop 500 tons of building materials at the Pole. Navy planes will land 23 Seabees at the Pole as soon as possible alter October 15 to build the base. Later the Seabees will be flown out and the aircraft will return with 25 scientists, who will spend the next Antarctic winter at the looely post.