Burton Island (AGB 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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: The Antarctic oceans are richer-in life than any similar waters in the world. At left, reading down: a rather small octopus, with a total leg span of about four inches. A gate-legged sea spider, abundant in polar waters, which feeds on the sea anemone and other fleshy crea- tures. The legs of this one are about four inches long. A fancy-colored fish, collected at a depth of 830 meters, off McMurdo. A sea fan or sea lily, related to the star- fish. It extended, its diameter would be about eight in- ches. All are in the Biolab at McMurdo, in salt water tanks, ata temperature slightly below freezing. Eventual- ly salt water will be pumped to the aquarium from under the ice of McMurdo Sound. 1,1

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The Center ofthe World Madeira sits on a hummock of ice, gazing bleakly away from the slight wind. Atavistically, for she has not seen another dog since she was weaned, she adopts the pose of the husky at the end of Flaherty's film Nanooh ofthe North. The altitude makes the slow walk to the station exhausting. Four men are engaged in 'coutside Peggyf, as Shackleton referred to chores. They are shoveling snow for the snow-melter, the meth- od of getting water today as 50 years ago, and among them is a scientist who has spent the morning mapping the upper atmosphere. Madeira trots ahead and plunges down steep, narrow, wood- en steps covered with snow - the main entrance to the station at the South Pole. As soon as the sun is left behind, there is a dank- ness like the inside of a walk-in icebox. Through corridors lined with cases of canned food is an enormous room built of steel arches, containing three 25,000-gallon fuel bladders. Opposite is the mess hall, a rickety but well-insulated wooden building, self- contained, -its door kept closed by heavy latches that drop into place on a steel shim. The mess is like a small cafeteria, but it might as well be a European cafe. There are arguments on every subject and experts of every nationality. Discussion never stops, since even in the middle of the night Cbroad daylightj a couple of scientists may finish their observations and drop in for a cup of coffee. The surface snow into this tunnel, and the conveyor belt in the foreground takes it to the snow-melter at the station. Every man at the station takes his turn at this work. The snow mine at Byrd Station. A tractor outside pushes