AIRFIELD ON THE ICE.—A helicopter of the United States Navy VX-6 Squadron flies over Williams Field, leaving a vapour trail. The temperature at the time was minus 32 degrees Fahrenheit In the summer, Williams Field, which is built on the ice in McMurdo Sound, has a resident population of 300 to 400 men. Behind the huts and other buildings rises Mount Erebus, the only active volcano in the Antarctic. Official United States Navy photograph.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30062, 21 February 1963, Page 15
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74AIRFIELD ON THE ICE.—A helicopter of the United States Navy VX-6 Squadron flies over Williams Field, leaving a vapour trail. The temperature at the time was minus 32 degrees Fahrenheit In the summer, Williams Field, which is built on the ice in McMurdo Sound, has a resident population of 300 to 400 men. Behind the huts and other buildings rises Mount Erebus, the only active volcano in the Antarctic. Official United States Navy photograph. Press, Volume CII, Issue 30062, 21 February 1963, Page 15
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