NATURE'S REFRIGERATOR IN ANTARCTICA
Reeeived Sundav, 9.50 p.m. XE'W YORK, Jan. 19. After trekking across the silenl lonely wastelaml "'.of snow II footweary ineii of tlie Byrd Expeditiou walked into Little America, the icv Antaretie kliost settlement — the ilrst to set foot in it since its abandpnipent on February 1, B)41 — and found frozen dressed liams and ehiekens in perfect condition as well as a newspaper proclainiing President Roosevelt's third term eleetion. All tlie men saw 011 apjiroaching the site was four metal veniilators about four feet above the snow, four smoke. flues sticking about six feet in the air and a forest of antenna poles. Tlie party dug into the snow to the skylights and tlien dropped down inside. It was as dark as a coatmine and as 'cold as a deep-freeze regrigerator, but the tunnels are still useable as an emergeney winter camp. The narrow tunnels were jumbled with huge stores, food pails, dynaniite and junk. Tlie food included steaks alreadv cut and waiting only to be grilled.
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 January 1947, Page 5
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