Arneb (AKA 56) - Naval Cruise Book

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ll but lx EASTER "Let's see, a pair of pants will get . . . I LA Arneb, during passage to Ant- arctica, made a two hour stop off-shore from remote Easter Island, home of the inscruta- ble stone faces made famous by Thor Heyerdahl in his book "Aku Aku." Islanders rowed alongside to trade handmade Wooden and stone carvings.

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Antarctica, third largest continent in the Southern Hemisphere, is the last frontier of the world and contains more than 90 per cent of the earth's glacial ice supply. It has been estimated that if all its ice melted, the oceans would rise some 200 feet, completely engulf- ing seaports as we know them. The Naval Air Facility at McCurdo Sound lies on the Ross Sea near the 78th parallel, where south polar scientific programs orig- inated. It is here that Arneb has played her role in the resupply of scientists and Navy men for the past six years. Someone once described Antarctica as the continent pregnant with possibilities. This cannot be denied, as each year scientists here discover more useful facts for the benefit of mankind. With the introduction of nuclear power to this white wilderness, man can in- crease these accomplishments immeasurably. Photo shows one of Antarctica's two active volcanos, Mt. Erebus, towering more than 13,000 feet.