117_Operation_Highjump_part_one
Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica
English - April 29, 2021 11:30 - 43 minutes - 37.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsHistory Science Natural Sciences antarctic antarctica ice penguins scurvy shackleton terra amundsen aurora australis Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The United States Navy returns to Antarctica, this time under Admiral Cruzen, though Admiral Byrd was there and waving hard at the cameras and yelling that we shouldn't forget that he's the mayor of Antarctica and firsted all the firsts.
While not the first fatal air accident in Antarctica, the George 1 becomes the first fatal air accident in Antarctica anyone can recount with any degree of certainty, with white-out conditions leading to controlled flight into terrain, foreshadowing further aviation tragedies in the far south.