Globemaster Delivers The Milk And Mail To McMurdo Sound

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28129, 19 November 1956, Page 10

Globemaster Delivers The Milk And Mail To McMurdo Sound

Believed to be the'first fresh milk ever flown to the Antarctic, about 100 gallons in cans made by a Christchurch firm was among the 21.0001 b of cargo carried by the Globemaster,

State of Florida, under the command of Captain L. Bearskin, which left Harewood at 6.52 p.m. on Saturday for McMurdo Sound. A jeep, drop parachutes, drop platforms and mail for McMurdo Sound and Little America were also on board the aircraft, which took the commander of Task Force 43, RearAdmiral George Dufek, and Mr W. Hartigan, a National Broadcasting Company cameraman, back to the Antarctic.

After a quick turn-round the plane was back at Harewood shortly after 9 p.m. yesterday. On the return journey, cargo consisted only of mail and used parachutes to be repacked. According to reports reaching Christchurch no attempt has yet beer* made to fly in the construction team which will build the International Geophysical Year station at the South Pole as weather forecasts for the Polar area have been bad. United States Air Force Globemasters are ready to begin the airdrop of materials for the station as soon as Navy ski-fitted Dakotas have delivered the construction team. Eight loads now at McMurdo Sound are ready for dropping. Three loads are already on the aircraft.