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vii iv It will take the SeaBees about three weeks to set up the buildings, but long before that the radio has to be operating. In the mean- time, they will live in tents. uIt is much more comfortable in a tent than in the Sno-Cat, says Picciotto. i'We use a Coleman stove, and I had my shirt off. He was on the same traverse last year, this is his sixth time in the Antarctic. In 1958 he wintered-over at Belgium's Roi Baudouin base, about where the four-year traverse will wind up in 1969, and made the first exploration ofthe interior. One group of his party got lost in the Belgica Mountains and was rescued by Russian DC-3s. Warmth appeals to Horton, since he was born in Maine. He speaks nostalgically of Torremolinos where he spent two weeks while stationed in French Morocco, and he hopes to work his way back to Spain or Italy. Volunteers for Deep Freeze, whenever possible, are given preference in their next assignment. The short- est way to the Mediterranean may be by way of the South Pole. Horton says the radio he will take to Plateau is a KWM-2A, basically the same as the one in the ham shack. A few minutes ago, I was three-way with Byrd and Illinois. Byrd dropped out, but Illinois was loud and clearf, Plateau makes everyone un- easy, simply because they donit know whatthey will find out there. Horton prefers action to uncertainty, and he concentrates on his At left, top: Club 90 at the South Pole, named for the degree of latitude. Movies are shown here every night, and parties are held on Saturday or to celebrate a pro- motion. At one of these affairs, Madeira, the sled dog, grabbed the cook's hat and disappeared under a bench to chew on it. Stew refused to get angry: I gotta keep in good with that dog -in case that plane don't come back. Bottom: A resident at Pole reaches up to remove a panel in the galley so that he can empty a can placed there to catch the drip. This building leaks from the weight of the snow and is one of two scheduled to be replaced in Deep Freeze '67. Below: Stew, the cook. Bobby .loe Davis prepares an unlimited supply of good food for the men at the Pole, and his wisecracks keep them from feeling sorryfor them- selves. He belongs to Antarctic Support Activities, which does the housekeeping on the Continent. Aircraft have replaced the slow tractors that hauled supplies overland, but it takes a large ground force to maintain the planes, and ASA to maintain the ground force. '1' -aI 'f ' ., .J-H-V , P' ' Q 'if w