BULLETI NUSARP LIBRARY U.S. ANTARCTIC PROJECTS OFFICER

VOLUME I NUMBER 9 MAY 1960

PETER I ISLAND

On 13 March 1960, Izvestia reported that members of the Soviet Antarctic expedition based on Ob had made a landing on Peter I Island. The account then went on to state that this was he first landing since a Norwegian survey team went ashore on 10 February 1948 This brief news item received wide circula- tion in the press both here and abroad.

In the interests of accuracy, it is pertinent to point out that one and probably two American scientific survey parties landed on Peter I Island be- tween the Norwegian and Soviet landings. During Operation "WIND MILL" on 15 February 1948, just five days after the Norwegians, Captain E. A. McDonald and other personnel from USS BURTON ISLAND went ashore by small boat. A second American landing was made during Operation DEEP FREEZE 60 on 28 Febru- ary 1960, almost simultaneously with the Russians. Both boats and helicopters again operating from BURTON ISLAND were used. Like the Soviet expedition, BURTON ISLAND carried out a thorough reconnaissance, and found as a result that the island was smaller than as reported earlier by the Norwegians. How- ever, the U. S. party managed to land by helicopter on the summit of Lars Christensen Peak, which proved to be 5750 feet high, rather than 4003 feet as previously reported.

The only previously recorded landing on Peter I Island was that made by members of the Norwegian research vessel Norvegia on 1 February 1929. This team engaged in sounding, dredging, and charting the island on which it erected a small depot.

Peter I Island lies in the Bellingshausen Sea, 68 0 50 1 S, 90 0 35 1 W, 250 miles off the cvalgreen Coast of the Antarctic Continent. It is about 15 miles long and five miles wide and rises to a height of 5750 feet. It is completely ice-covered except for some of the steeper slopes.

Named after the famous Russian Czar, this island was discovered by Cap- tain Thaddeus Bellingshausen in .January 1821. This two-ship Russian Antarctic expedition viewed the island from a distance of about 14 miles and made notes of its position and main topographical features, but no landing was attempted because of impenetrable pack ice. Many ships of other nations have sighted the island including Admiral Byrds Bear and North Star in 141 and the USCGC WESTVVIND, which conducted a helicopter connaissance in 1958. TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page Peter I Island 1 Track of tJSS BURTON ISLAND (AGB-1) at Peter I Island 28-29 February 1960 4 Summary of 61st Troop Carrier Squadron DEEP FREEZE 60 Operations 5 Discovery Deep Traverse 6 New Byrd Station 8

Now Zealanders Award Plaque to VX-6 9 DEEP FREEZE 60 Statistics 9 Foreign Observer and Scientific Exchange Programs 10

Gold Star Awarded to Lt. Col. Merle FL Dawson, USA 11

Ships Which Have Participated in Operations DEEP FREEZE 12 Paotolus Bank 12

Winter Parties - DEEP FREEZE 60 13

Ship-Based Helicopter Operations 15

Staff Notes -- Reserve Trainees 16

Additions to the Library Collection 17 Additions to the Map Collection 19 Architectural and Construction Plans 20

The issuance of this publication approved by the Secretary of the Navy on 19 April 1960.

The photograph on page 1 is from Sailing Directions for Antarctica, 1943 (H.o. 138 9 p . 171). The original is by Lars Christenson. The base map used for compiling the map on page 7, "Discovery Deep Trav- erse," is Hydrographic Office Chart 6636, "Ross Sea." ERRATA: On page 11, Bulletin No. 7, March 1960, the Master of USNS PRIVATE JOHN R. TOWLE was listed as C. D. Cappello, The Master of TOWLLE is Knud T. Mortonson.

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(Narrative summary and additional details appear in "C-130 Operations Begin," page 3, Bulletin No. 5, January 1960.)

Operation ICE FLOW: The introduction of ski-equipped, four-engine, oargq aircraft in Antarctica was conducted by the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron (Medium), Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Thrk,:USAF.

Deployrent from Sewart Air Force Base 7 January Arr1valChrjstohurch: 13 January. (5 p1anes)(and 17 Jnüax (3 planes) Deployment from Christchurch: 23 January Byrd Station resupply begun: . 25 January Pole Station resupply begun: 27 January Return to Christchurch from MoMurLo: 7 February

Complement: 7 C-130D Hercules, ski-equipped aircraft 1 C-130A Hercules, wheel-equipped aircraft (remained at Christchurch) 131 Officers and men, including: • 10 Flight crews • ,37.Squadron maintenance personnel 12 Loadmasters 45 CAMS specialist personnel

Resupply Mission: 25 January - 5 February Total tonnage 406.9 Average tonnage per day 41.3 Most tonnage in one, day 62.9

Average flights per day 7 Total hours • 1104 Hours at NAF McMurdo 379 Average missions per crew 7.3 Total ski landings 128 Byrd 30 Pole 28 McMurdo 70

5 DISCOVERY DEEP TRAVERSE

The last traverse of Operation DEEP FREEZE 60 left NAF McMurdo Sound on 25 February (local time). It was sent to investigate an area of the Ross Ice Shelf known as "Discovery Deep, hence its name, and to test two new Sno(Jats.

"Discovery Deep" is an area on the sea floor, under the ice shelf, discovered by Dr. Albert Crary and the Victoria Land Traverse party of DEEP FREEZE III (1957-58). The area was to be revisited to determine the shape and depth of this 4,590-foot depression -- more than 1,000 feet deeper than the arsa surrounding it -- located at 790 South, 165° East; and to find out whether it is a basin or part of a trough.

The four-man party led by Edwin S. Robinson (geophysicist, University of Wisconsin) included Sveneld Evteev (glaciologist, ex- change scientist from the Soviet Union); Jack B. Long (traverse en- gineer, University of Wisconsin); and Martin D. Wise (electronics technician, second class, U. S. Navy).

The party used two new Tucker 843 SnoCats which had been shipped down on the USNS PRIVATE JOHN R. TOWLE. These 23,000-pound vehicles each pulled a ten-ton sled. Using an R4D gyroscopic compass for navigation, the vehicles made the 510-mile trip at five miles per hour. They averaged .76 miles per gallon of gasoline. The vehicles were found to be very comfortable for living and working at forty- below-zero temperatures. Men were able to sleep in the vehicles while traveling over the be shelf.

Brought to McMurdo for use in the DEEP FREEZE 61 traverse pro- gram, the new model SnoCats developed mechanical pr:is. Although the traverse was set up to be self-sustaining, resupply flights were made by an R4D, an Otter WC-1), and an HUS-1A, to bring spare parts to the party. The trip by helicopter, on 9 March, was complicated not only by radio blaokouts but also because the oil in the HtJS-1A overheated and it was forced to land eighteen times to cool its system on the return trip.

During the entire trip, the party carried on a scientific pro- gram. Four major stations were made where glaciological pits were dug and seismic reflection and refraction shots made. In addition, gravity, magnetic, glaciological, altimetrica1 and meteorological data were gathered at regular intervals throughout the trip. Snow investigations were made at 77 stations.

Preliminary results show that the "Deep" is probably a 4,300- foot trough, trending south-southwesterly but closer to the coastal mountains on the west than had been expected. Further investigation in crevassed areas will be needed to complete the profile of the undersea features.

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Herbert W. WHITNEY, Captain, USN (Ret.) Operations Development Consultant

Following an "on site" inspection of Byrd Station, It was decided that a completely new station would be preferable to an expensive rehabilitation of the existing facilities. At its best, the old station, with repairs, could last but a few more years. Admiral Tyree then sent a message to Washington requesting a de- sign for the new station, an estimate of its costs, and asked that necessary funding action be undertaken.

Based on experience gained at Greenland and Antarctic inland stations over the past few years, it was decided that structures and related facilities built on the surface would be of short lire, with drifting snow burying them in a short time. Two other possi- bilities -- under the surface, or elevated over the surface -- were then explored. A study of these o methods dertaken. Both the Army and the Air Force had oonstruoted,r were in the process of constructing, facilities in the Arotiobed on these concepts. The elevated structures, although of ex eI4ent desigpand of long potential life, in the drifting snow were believed to be economi- cally unfeasible. The under-snow faoilitjes, based on the "Camp Century" (Greenland) concept, appeared to have greater merit. A study was made of this concept with all its ramific-,tions, and a decision was reached to build the new Byrd Station in this fashion.

Using the "Peter Snow Milling Machine," it is planned to ex- cavate a tunnel 20 feet wide, 2,000 feet long, and 25 feet deep, as a main tunnel. This would be covered with a heav,r-auge metal arch to support the snow load that will be both plao nd occur on top of it.

At right angles to this main tunnel, on both sides, additional tunnels will be excavated in which various buildings and facilities will be constructed. One tunnel will house the barracks buildings; another the power house and workshops; another the sick bay, admin- istration, and some scientific buildings; another the garage and overhaul shops; another additional scientific buildings, and so on. In all instances (with the exception of three structures), all facilities will be under the surface. The three structures are the balloon inflation-and-release building, the aurora tower, and the Rawin Dome. These three structures will be elevated on aluminum columns which will initially protrude approximately 15 feet above the snow level, with built-in provisions for raising them when and if the snow accumulation requires additional height.

The tunnels will all be equipped with ventilating fans and air les the air v111 remain fresh. Instead of the older, rnoe c eMioltadok prding water, by melting snow, a new

8 system -- - using steam to drill a shaft 3 feet to 4 feet in diameter and 500 feet deep -- will be utilized. At the bottom of this shaft, steam jets of expanding size will form a reservoir approximately 50 feet in diameter and 30 feet deep. During the entire process, water is formed and retained in the reservoir. A deep-well pump raises the water to the surface and stores it in heated tanks. The steam jet system operates only when additional water is required. The water obtained is crystal clear, without surface contamination. By this miiod, one man can furnish the camps water requirements. In addition, a nuclear power plant that will furnish all the power and heat requirements for the entire station is under consideration.

The buildings which have heretofore been heated by either forced hot air f,,, ,.naces or conventional space heaters would then be heated with radiant-type s1otrio heaters. The galley and mess hail would also be provided with electric facilities. These innovations are in an earnest attempt to make the Antarctic more habitable for the scientists and support persol iel who must spend a year or more in its inhospitable environment. All buildings would have conven- tional diesel fuel heating units to keep the occupants warm, in the event of failure to either the nuclear power plant or the auxiliary or back-up diesel electric geneiator plant.

The entire station design is based on the concept of accomplish- ing the maximum amount of results with a minimum rmber of supporting personnel. In this manner, the scientists can perfoq. their scien- tific endeavors without interruption by assisting in normal camp chores.

NEW ZEALANDERS AWARD PLAQUE TO V1-1 7

When Mr. G. W. Markham of the Antarctic Division of New Zealands Department of Scientific and Industrial Research visited the Antarctic in January, he presonted. Captain William J. Munson, USN, Commander of Air Development Squadron Six (vx-6), with a carved kauri plaque. This replica of a typical facial carving on the entrance gate to a Maori pah reads as follows: VX-6 Squadron U. S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, from your New Zealand Antarctic companions. Our grateful thanks for memorable friendship and assist- ance readily given

DEEP FREEZE 60 STATISTICS

11,600 measured tons of cargo (includes drummed fuel) were de- livered during Operation DEEP FREEZE 60 to the four Antarctic stations. 2,849,000 gallons of bulk fuel were delivered to McMurdo Sound by tanker. Drummed fuel amounted to 5,000 barrels (a total of 250,000 gallons).

9 FOREIGN OBSERVER AND . SC IENTIFIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

During the 1959-60 season in the Aritarotio, official observers from Argentina, Austrá]ia,"Be1gium, Chile, Japan, and the United Kingdom accompanied the United States expedition to the Anta3ctio. In addition, two foreign scientists participated in the DEEP FREEZE 60scientifio program undr the supervision of the Nationa1Sqienoe Foundation A Frenchman )oined the Victoria Land Traverse party and.a Russian joined the winter party at MoMurdo.

All of these not only carried out their.-duties for their re- spective.governents, but also entered into the activities of Operation DEEP FREEZE 60. Lt. Juan E. Rawson, Argentine Navy, and Lt, Pedro Fierro H.,, Chilean Navy, made themselves integral parts of the ships company aboard ATKA, while Squadron Leader K. A.. C. Wirdman, RAF, flew many hours in VX-6 aircraft as a most skillful pilot. The other three observers were civilian scientists. Mr. Daitaro Shoji, Japanese oceanographer, and Mr. Graham McKinnon, geographer from Australia, went ::o the Ross Sea.aboard EASThD, and Mr.. Robert Drtève1le, a Belgian meteorologist, visited the area aboard ARNEB.

The activities of the French glaciologist, Claude Lorius, in his participation with the Victoria Land Traverse have been reported on previously (Bulletin No. 6, p. 15, and ethers). The scientific exchange program of-the National Science Foundatic vi with the Soviet Union has placed Sveneld Evteev, glaciologist, at McMurdo for the winter. His activities with 4he Discovery DeepTraverse are di g.- cussed elsewhere in this issue (see p. 6)0

Lieutenants Rawson and Fierro and Squadron LerLe. Wirdman re- turned to their homelands via Washington and short ;its to the Antarctic Projects Office. Mr. .Lorius visited with traverse col- leagues in the city for several days also. The others (with the exception of Mr. Evteev who is still in the Antarctic) went di- rectly from ports of debarkation in Australia and New Zealand to their places of origin. Mr. Shoji has written indicating the suc- cess of his trip and emphasizing his appreciation of the treatment received from the officers and civilian scientists with whom he was associated.

Of the United States observers, Mr. Donald A. Lewis, who ac- companied the Australians to Wilkes, Davis, aid MaoquarieIsland and also visited the French Dumont dUrville Station, returned in March and submitted a most interesting report. Rear Admiral Stevan Mandarich, USN (Ret.), who went with the Norwegian-South African expedition, and Mr. John E. Sater, who accompanied the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and was present when GLACIER assisted ICista Dan off the Palmer Peninsula, both reported back to the Ant- arctic Projects Office. Dr. Richard G. Miller has written that he successfully combined research in marine biology with his work as

10 observer. Dr. Andrew C. Bogdanovioh passed quickly through the United States to resume his duties as a physician on the Greenland Ioe3ap, where he is also preparing his report on his Antarctic trip with the Chileans. He is not the only observer to cover both ends of the earth. Mr. Sater has taken his notes and records to Point Barrow, Alaska, where he is doing sea-ioe research.

Mr. Gilbert Dewart, of the California Institute of Technology, under a grant from the National Science Foundation, is participat- ing in the glaciological program maintained by the Soviet winter party at Mirnyy.

GOLD STAR AWARDED TO LT. COL. MERLE H. DAWSON, USA

On 5 May, Rear Admiral David M. Tyree, USN, presented Lieuten- ant Colonel Merle H. Dawson, U. S. Army, the Gold Star in lieu of the Second Legion of Merit. Lt. . 1 ol. Dawson was lauded by Mr. E. A. Bacon, Deputy Secretary of the Army; Rear Admiral George J. Dufek, USN (Ret.), former U. S. Antarctic Projects Officer and Commander, U. S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica; and Mr. Neil Carothers, Special Assistant to the Director of the National Science Founda- tion, who spoke on behalf of the many distinguished guests present at the ceremony. Awarded his first Legion of Merit for leading the party which constructed the 947-mile Army-Navy Dri.e from Little America V to Byrd Station during Operation DEEP FREEZE II, the former Task Force Forty-Three Trail Operations Officer was cited by the Secretary of the Navy for upholding the highest traditions of the Armed Forces of the United States.

The citation: "For exceptionally meritorious cJ.uct in the performance of outstanding service while serving with the U. S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica during Operation DEEP FREEZE IV. As officer in c.harge of trail operations and as commander of a trail party, Lieutenant Colonel Davison was assigned the task of blazing a. trail from Little America Station across the Ross Ice Shelf to Naval Air Facility, McMurdo. This trail was to be used subsequently by heavy tractor trains evacuating Little America Station. When one thirty-five-ton tractor and two twenty-ton sleds fell through a large crevasse, injuring two men, Lieutenant Colonel Dawson expertly used all the facilities at hand, laid out an airstrip for aircraft to land, and successfully evacuated the injured to safety. During the remainder of the trek, he located and blasted thirty-five crevasses, using some three thousand pounds of ammunition. Through his sound judgment and persever- ance in the face of hidden danger, Lieutenant Colonel Dawson up- held the highest traditions of the Armed Forces of the United States."

11 SHIPS WHICH HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS DEEP FREEZE

USNS AIJATNA (TAOG-81) IV, 60

USS ARNEB (AKA-56) I, II, III, IV, 60

USS ATKA (AGB-3) II, III, 60

USS BROUGH (DE7148) II, III, IV

USS BURTON ISLAND (AGB-l) 111, 60

USS CURTISS (AV-4) II

USCGC EASTNIND (WAGB-279) i t 60

USS EDISTO (AGB-2) i s TV USS GLACIER (AGB-4) III, IV, 60

USNS GREENVILLE VICTORY (TAK-237) I, II, III

USNS JOSEPH F. MERRELIJ (TAK-v4) II

USS NESPELEN (A0G-55) i t II, III, IV

4. USCGC NORTHWIND (WAGB-282) II, IV

USS PETERSON (DE-152) 60 USS STATEN ISLAND (AGB-5) IV

USNS JOHN R. TOWLE (TAK-240) II, III, 60

USCGC WES1JVIND (wAGB-281) III

USS WYANDOT (AKA-92) i t II, III, IV

YOG - 34 I (Permanent mooring at NAF McMurdo Sound)

YOG - 70 I, (Permanent mooring at NAF MoMurdo Sound)

PACTOLUS BANK

The long delayed quest for Pactolus Bank, which in last Novem- bers issue (Bulletin No. 3, p. 5) was stated as one of the oceano- graphic assignments of DEEP FREEZE 60, had to be postponed again, as a result of the change of plans brought about by the late season rescue operations.

12 WINTER PARTIES - DEEP FREZE 60

BYRD STATION

Scientific Party - 11 Luis Aldaz; meteorologist; Madrid, Spain,

Auroral technician; geomagnetist; ionospheric physicists (2); meteorologists (4) ; meteorolog- ical electronics technician; seismologist; trav- erse engineer.

Support Party - 10 Lt. Eugene F. Bartlett, MC, USN; Opportunity, Washington

Builder; commissaryme.n; construction electrician; construction mechanic; electronics teohniDian; equipment operator; medical doctor;r6diomen(2); utilities man.

POLE STATION

Scientific Party - 8 Edwin C. Flowers; meteorologist; Elizabeth Town, Pennsylvania

Auroral physicist; electronics engineer; gO- .nagnetist; ionospheric physicist; meteorolo- gists (4).

Support Party - 10 Lt. Clarence C. Dumais, MC, USN; Madawaska.,

Builder; comissaryman; construction electri- cian; construction mechanic; electronics technician; equipment operator; medical doctor; radiomen (2); utilities man.

HALLETT STATION

Scientific Party - 6 Charles F. Trainer; meteorologist; East Livermoor, Ohio

Auroral and ionospheric physicist; auroral physicist; ionospheric observer; meteorologist; meteorological technician; seismologist and geomagnetic technician.

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Support Party - 11 Lt. William J. Towles, MC, USN; Los Angeles, California

Aerographer S mates (3); commissaryman; construction electrician; construction mechanic; electronics technician; medical doctor; radiomen (2); utilities man.

NAVAL AIR FACILITY, MCMURDO SOUND

Scientific Party - 8 Hugo A. C. Neuberg; physicist; Yonkers, New York

Biologist; geophysicist; glaciologist; meteorologist; oceanographers (2); physi- cist; traverse engineer.

Antarctic Support Activity - 102 ) ) Cdr. Lloyd W. Bertaglio, USN; Air Development Squadron Six Portland, Oregon (VX-6), Detaôhment "ALFA" - 29

Officers (15 -- includes chaplain, doctor, dentist, supply (2), and construction); aerographers mates (6); air oontrolmen (3); aviation boatswains mates (4); aviation structural mechanics (5); aviation electri- cians mates (2); aviation storekeepers (2); aviation machinists mates (7); aviation electronics technicians (3); builders (4); construction electricians (4); construction mechanics (7); construction men (5); corn- missaryrnen (5); disbursing clerk; engine- men (3); equipment operators (8); electronics technicians (9); hospital corpsmen (2); machinery repairman; photographers mates ( s ); personnel men (2); parachute rigger; radiomen (15); ships serviceman; store- keepers (5); steelworker; telemen (radiomen) (2); utilities men (4); yeoman.

The names listed are those of scientific leaders and naval officers in charge, except Cdr. Bertaglio who is Commanding Officer, ASA.

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SHIP-BASED FLJICOPTER OPERATIONS

During Operation DEEP FREEZE 60, helicopter detachments were attached to the icebreakers ATKA, BURTON ISLAND, EASTWThJD, and GLACIER. Helicopters are an integral part of in-the-ice operations. They are used not only for ice reconnaissance but also to haul cargo and passengers and conduct exploratory missions. The two summaries presented below (BURTON ISLAND and EASTWIND) show the various aspects of these operations.

BURTON ISLAND

BURTON ISLANDs participation in DEEP FREEZE 60 was limited to scientific activity, the Bellingshausen Sea Expedition and Proj- ect Chiper. Three pilots and ten crewmen of Detachment 16 of Heli- copter Squadron 1 (HUTRON 1) operated two helicopters, an H04S-3 (Sikorsky) and an HUL-i (Bell) -- the former a cargo or multi- passenger craft, the latter a throe-seat reconnaissance type.

BURTON ISLANDs helicopters were operated over ranges which varied from two to thirty miles. The HUL-1 was used for short range and ice reconnaissance, The H04S-3 was used for long-range recon- naissance, personnel and cargo transfer, and for photographic work. The following table gives the monthly flight time (hours) for the two craft:

HUL-1 H04S-3 Total Area of Missions (See Bulletin No. 7, P. 6, for detailed itinerary)

January 8.1 16.7 24.8 En route: Seattle to Valparaiso February 25.8 24.6 50,4 Ocean stations; E;:.. shausen Sea March 13.9 17.2 3.1 Ocean stations; Project Chiper April 9.4 1.5 10.9 Return to Seattle from South America

TOTAL 57.2 60.0 117.2

EASTWIND

EASTWIND operated solely in the Ross Sea area -- conducting oceanographic and hydrographic studies and photographic surveys and escorting cargo vessels both in McMurdo Sound and to Cape Hallett. Detaohment73 (HUTRON 2), consisting of HRS-3 (equivalent , to H04S-3) and HTJL-1 helicopters and three pilots and eight crewmen, were em- barked. 145 flights were made, consuming 196 hours of flight time.

The following summary illustrates the type of flight opera- tions in which the two types of helicopters were used and the amount of time involved in these operations in the four-month period of DEEP FREEZE participation:

15 tins-3 HUL-].

Flights Hours Flights Hours

Training 7 9 5 8 Ice Reconnaissance U. 17 23 28 Logistic Support 57 72 32 50. (Thirty tons of cargà were.hauled on logistics flights) Miscellaneous 4 5 6

Summaries for ATKA and GLACIER were not available at the time of compilation of this report. ATKA operated solely within the Ross Sea area, conducting oceanographic studies and assisting in the sup- port activities (a program much like EASTWINDs).

GLACIER, on the other hand, operated within the Ross Sea and on the Bellingshausen Sea Expedition. Most notable in her helicopter accomplishments is the 75-mile flight made along the Eights Coast. This flight, into previously unexlored territory, obtained aerial photographs and other reconnaissance data.

STAFF NOTES -- RESERVE TRAINEES

Three Naval Reserve officers served training periods in the Antarctic Projects Office during May. Assigned for two weeks of active duty, each worked on research projects covering various aspects of Antarctica and operations there.

Lieutenant Commander Catherine C. Atwood, a veteran of thirteen years with the WAVES, was on duty from 1 May to 14 Ma; A Tsóhnioal• Writer with the Department of Non-Resident Instruotir. of the Army Corps of Engineers, she gathered information on ship operations in the Antarctic.

Commander James N. Carr, a writer in the Proposal Section of the International Business Machines Company, served in the Navy from 1942 to 1946 and 1951 to 1954. Commander Carr compiled a summary report on United States interests and activities in Antarctica.

Lieutenant junior grade Alfred B. Taylor served in the Marine Corps from 1945 to 1951. Commissioned In the Naval Reserve in 1957, LTJG Taylor, a geologist with the Mineral Deposits Branch of the Geological Survey, was a member of the Victoria Land Traverse party during Operation DEEP FREEZE 60. He has contributed an article to the Bulletin (No. 6, p. 15) on the traverse and spent his two-week period (23 May to 4 June) compiling a brief study of the bedrock geology of the continent.

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ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY COLLECTIPN

ARGENTINA V.

Panzarini, R. N., Informe de Resultados sobre el SiI!posio Antartico de Buenos Aires 1959. Instituto Antartico 4rgentirIo. 15 Dec. 1959, 17p. + 15 annexes. (Pub. No. 2 SG.) [mimeo.]

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V BELGIUM

Centre National de Recherohes Polaires, Rapjort,Soientifique des Ob- servations Faites a la Base Roi Baudouin, Mars 1960. _ 7 Apr. 1960,

6p. [mimeo.]_mirneoj V

FRANCE V

Cagniard, L., Abaque pour sondages eleotriques sur glace. Reprint, Annales de Geophysique, T. 15, No. 4, 1959, p. 561-3, illus.

Expeditions Polaires Franosises, Bulletin dInformation, No. 30-04-60, April 1960.

Queille-Lefevre, C., MM. Bauer et Girard, Premier ossai de mesure eleotrique depaisseur dun glacier. Reprint, Annales de Geo- physique, T. 15, No. 4, 1959, p. 564-7, illus.

GERMANY

Deutsches Archly fur Polarforsohung - Deutsche Geseilsohaft fur Polar- forsohung, Pole.rforschung, Band IV, 1958, Heft 1/2.

NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand Antarctic Society, Antarctic, Vol. 2, No. 5, March 1960.

SOVIET UNION

Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Aerological and Meteorological Studies: Research Ship : Cb", 195-1956. Reports of the Complex Antarctic Expedition. 1958, 181p. [In Russian. Tabulated data.]

Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Description of the Expedition on Board the Research Ship "Ob, 195.5_1956. Reports of the Complex Antarctic Expedition. 1958, 238p., illus. [In Russian with English summary, p. 236.1

UNITED STATES

American Society of Polar Philatelists, Ice Cap News, Vol. 5, No. 3, May-June 1960.

17 Butkovich, T. R., On the Mechanical Prqties of Sea be, Thule, Greenland, 1957. August 1959, lip., illus., app. (SIPRE Research Report 54.)

Central Intelligence Agency, Foreign Documents Division, Activities inte Arctic and Antarctic, No. 15, 10 May 19,60.

Commerce Dept., Office of Technical Services, Information on Soviet Bloc International Geophysical Cooperation - 1960, Nos. 114 through 118. (PB 131632 series.)

Defense Dept., Arctic Bibliography, Vol. VIII. Prepared under direc- tion of Arctic Institute of North America; edited by Marie Tremaine. 1959, 1981p.

Frankenstein, G. E., Strength Data on Lake Ice. Dec. 1959, 6p., illus., tables, app. (SIPRE Technical Report 59.)

Fuchs, A.,, Some Structural Properties of Greenland Snow. Dec. 1959, 24p., illus., tables. (s1PRE Research Report 42.)

IGY World Data Center A: Glaciology (Amer. Geog. Soc.), Glaciological Notes, No. 2, April 1960.

Nakaya, U., Visco-Elastic Properties of Prooessednow. Sept. 1959, 22p., illus., tables. (SIPRE Research Report 58.)

National Academy of Sciences, IGY Bulletin, No. 34, April 1960.

Office of Naval Research, Naval Research Reviews, May 1960.

Special Libraries Association, Geography and Map Division Bulletin, No. 40, April 1960.

U. S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, Chronology of Events during Operation DEEP FREEZE (September 1954 - April 1960). 63p. [mimeo.]

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Buedeler, L, The International Geophysical Year. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 1957, 72p., illus. Gorsky, N., Is the Ocean in Danger? In: UNESCO Courier, Nos. 7-8, July-August 1959, p. 28-30, illus.

Gunston, D., Danger, Iceberg Ahead (International Ice Patrol in action). In: UNESCO Courier, No. 12, Dec. 1959, p. 10-15, illus.

18 International Council of Scientific Unions, Annals of the Inter- national Geophysical Year, Vol. IIB, Parts V-VIII, The Inter- national Geophysical Year Meetings. 1959, p. 397-709.

Wendt, G., The Ocean Depths, Terra Incognita. In: UNESCO Courier, No. 12, Dec. 1959, p. 4-9, illus.

ADDITIONS TO THE MAP COLLECTION

AUSTRALIA

Division of National Mapping. Australian Antarctic Territ ry, November 1959. Scale 1:1,000,000 (black and white reproductions)

Lat., 64° to 68°S S.Q. 38-39 Long., 420 to 540E S. Q. 42-43 660 to 780E S.Q. 44-45 780 to 900E S. Q. 46-47 900 to 1020E S. Q. 48-49 102 to 1140E S. Q. 50-51 1140 to 1260E S. Q. 52-53 1260 to 1380E S. Q. 54-55 1380 to 1500E 680 to 720S S. R. 38-39 4: t, 540E S.R. 40-41 54° to 66°E S. R. 42-43 660 to 78°E S. R. 44-45 780 to 900E S. R. 54-55 138° to 150°E S. R. 56-57 1500 to 1620E

S.S. 41-43 720 to 760S 600 to 780E

JAPAN Geographical Survey Institute. Prince Olav Land (1), 1959. Scale 1:100,000 [680 25 to 680551S; 40 0 00 to 41 0 30 1 E; black and white reproduction]

Prince Olav Land (2), 1959. Scale 1:100,000 [680 05 to 680351S; 410 00 to 41 0 30 1 E; black and white reproduction]

Prince Harald Land (1), 1957. Scale 1:100,000 (680 50 to 690 30 1 S; 39°00 to 400 20E; black and white reproduction)

19 Prince Harald.Land(2), 1957. Scale 1:100,000 [69°30 to 700 63 1 S; 38 0 00 to 42°20E; black and white reproduction)

East Ongul Island, 1957. Scale 1:5,000 (68 0 59 1 38" to 6900111811S; 390 33 1 10" to 39 0 37 1 20"E; black and white reproduction)

Showa Station, 1957. Scale 1:1,000 (69 0 0022"S; 39°35124"E; black and white ieproduotion)

UNITED KINGDOM Falkland Islands Dependencies.

Sheet15, 19.5. $oe$9,9,61e 1:500,000 (Lambert Conical Orthomorphic Projection) [70 to 72°S; 60° to 68°W; black and white repro- duction)

ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION PLANS

[The following are detailed sketches and plans on blueprint (ozalid) paper.)

AUSTRALIA: ANARE Hut Designs.

NEW ZEALAND: Scott Base: Architectural Plans; Electrical Services; Heating Services; Mechanical Services; Site Plan and Construction Details,

UNITED STATES: Marie Byrd Station Replacement Facility. Plot Plans: Cape Hallett, NAF McMurdo, South Pole. A Permanent Type Antarctic Building.

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