Eastwind (WAGB 279) - Naval Cruise Book

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He said very l1ttle throughout the visit, things he was shown After a thorough tour of the Eastwlnd, he was courteously helped aboard the heli- copter. He then expressed a desire to walk on the six-foot thick ice pack next to the ship. The chopper took off and landed about 100 yards from the Eastwind. A door opened and the emperor was helped to the ice. After a cursory glance around him, he Walked o . He was the first emperor in history to have had a helicopter ride and a visit aboard a Coast Guard Icebreaker all in one day. No Antarctica Emperor Penguin has ever had that distinction before. except to nod occasionally at the various ff

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-f -.T--, .. - i M ,. 771 1 Cargo bound for inland south polar bases is unloaded in McMurdo Sound area. l 5 U Reflection of Eastwmd shows in pilot s polarized sunglasses i I ! I Weddell seal is aroused by Eastwind's unloading activities. l L ' r l f S