Burton Island (AGB 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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Right: The Strip at McMurdo had to be cleared of four months' snow, and the GCA equipment reactivated. It took the winteringgover party six days to make a skiway 6,000 feet long, lined with oil drums, and in the middle of this labor they were interrupted by a storm. Although a temperature of 38 degrees below zero and winds of 86 knots had been recorded at McMurdo in the month of June, the plane landed in a 15-knot wind with a minus 14 degree temperature. Only once before in history had an aircraft landed in the Antarctic in darkness. In June, 1964, a second Herc went along for possible search and rescue duty, but this year a second plane was not avail- able at Quonset. The New Zealanders responded mag- nificently, holding two planes ready for SAR at Invercar- gill, the southernmost city in New Zealand, and sending a picket ship halfway to Antarctica for weather informa- tion. Above: Admiral Bakutis stands aside as Mayfield is put aboard the Herc, which also brought mail and fresh fruit and vegetables for the lonely men at McMurdo. After less than three hours on the ground, the plane was on its way back to Christchurch where Mayfield's ruptured bladder was operated on successfully.

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ll l l I l l Q L 1 . R 6 Index Acclimatization, 22, 46, 65, 66, 94 - Adelie Land, 76 Adelie penguin, see Penguin Agung Dust, 66, 68 Aircraft Beaver, 66 C-1 30, 38 Globemaster, 26 Goons CLC-47f117, Dakota, DC-31, 7, 14, 16, 26, 32, 41, 40, 66, 74ff., 78, 80, 81 Helicopters, 14, 18, 30, 33, 55, 57, 80, 82, 90 Hercules QLC-130fC-130j, 9, 14, 16, 23, 26-48, 51, 53, 56, 58, 66, 75, 80, 81, 94, 98 Otter, 14 Super-Constellation, 4, 14, 19 Aircraft, fatalities, 7, 78, 80, 81 Aircraft, maintenance, 18, 19, 26, 32, 33, 46, 48, 74ff., 79, 80, 82 Alaina, 27, 56, 88 Amundsen, Roald, 26, 46, 71, 94 Andes Mountains, 38, 96 Ansul, 12 Antarctic, aviation in, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 33, 36-7, 38, 44, 46, 72, 74-81, 94, 98-99 Antarctic, Antarctic, Antarctic, 66, 69 Antarctic, Antarctic, 44, 45 Antarctic, 23, 28, clothing for, 4, 19, 36, 44, 80, 84, 97 human behavior in, 9, 38, 45, 46, 53, international cooperation in, 8, 9, 21 80, 88 marine life in, 62, 64, 86, 90 survival conditions in, 9, 20, 21, 22 46, 53, 66, 81 68, 86 ,32, 40, , 30, 38, weather conditions in, 8, 10, 14-16, 19, 20, 30,51,68,72,80,94 Antarctic fournaL The, 94 Antarctic Peninsula, 88, 90 Antarctic Support Activities CASAJ, 4, 10, 19, 69, 86, 96 Antarctic Treaty, 28, 91 Anvers Island, 88, 90 Argentina, Antarctic activities, 9, 32, 66 Argentine Air Force, 66 IOI