Admiral Byrd visits Little America I/II
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In January 1956, Admiral Richard E. Byrd (left), Paul Siple, Major Murray Wiener USAF, and IGY representative Edward Goodall stand in front of the Little America I/II radio antenna towers. The top of this tower was originally 70' above the surface of the Ross Ice Shelf on which the station was first constructed in 1928-29. For some reason the abandoned buried station (30 miles west of LA5) was a frequent VX-6 tour stop for the media and DV's during the original Deep Freeze years... Hmmm. |