Eastwind (WAGB 279) - Naval Cruise Book

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' H Valentine Sonnet One hundred days and more so far have passed Since last we sawyou, loved ones and dear friends, Rnd still one hundred suns must orb our mast Before our long and arduous voyage ends, Oft in the starless, still Hntarctic night The crimson sun casts shadows o'er the icy plainsg We think of all the times we held you tight Hnd promised our return with 5pringtime's rainsg H smile, a gentle touch, your presence here Could melt the towering floes that threaten us Hnd make this lonely waste, devoidof cheer, H lovely place, all green and wonderous. Though far from you today across the sea, Our love still brightly burns, dear ones, for thee.

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l -E RESCU . A savage Antarctic storm cracked huge chunks of eight foot thick ice from a cargo un- loading ledge in McMurdo Sound on February 24, 1961 and over an estimated SS100,000 worth of vital equipment and supplies were swept seaward on the floes. r The storm came up suddenly , as a cargo ship, the USS Arneb l 0 a 1 was unloading supplies during l . . A the morning. Winds of gale 7 force snapped the transport s moorlng l1nes and she put out to sea to avoid getting set onto the ICG. The Eastwlnd was escorting the Arneb when an emergency message was received from i the base at McMurdo early 1n , the afternoon. T It said that a large sectlon l . . . , T of the ICQ airplane runway 1n- , cluding some bu1ld1ngs and l l U possibly as many as 20 men had been torn loose by the storm. The airplane runway , . is about five miles from the 1 base. l It . . . 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