Operation Deep Freeze 11-12Dec59
Slate: 11Dec59 Little America 5. Bright blue sky, helicopter guided in by Lt. Col Dawson over ice;, landing. Dawson talking w/ Capt. E.A. McDonald & Commander P.W. Porter. MCUs. Large helicopter overhead & landing. Two men out towards helicopters.
03:50:27 Lt. Col Dawson w/ safety line checking for crevasses w/ ice axe handle to probe.
03:50:51 Slate. Military Otter airplane overhead; landing on skis past flags on ice, takes off again; returns & landing, taxies to stop.
03:53:07 Otter sitting, thumbs up given, pilot starts engine. Taxiis & takes off. Passing low overhead.
03:54:18 MCU POV crevasse detector on front of Weasel moving slowly
03:55:01 View towards oncoming Weasel & detector, stops & starts & passes over camera. (Two takes).
03:56:08 CU DC electric gage.
03:56:27 Slate: 12Dec59. Dawson w/ safety line, on one knee probing w/ ice axe; digging w/ axe.
03:57:06 MS Weasel & detector across smooth ice & snow.
03:57:33 Man next to Weasel, pushes plunger of detonator & explosion throwing up ice. GOOD.
03:57:45 Man w/ detonator wire spool on ice. CU Dawson giving thumbs up signal to set charge.
03:8:01 Weasel w/ crevasse detector moving over ice, starts & stops. CU detectors.
1959; Little America; Expeditions; US Military; Science;
NOTE: Good picture quality.
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Operation Deep Freeze 11-12Dec59 Slate: 11Dec59 Little America 5. Bright blue sky, helicopter guided in by Lt. Col Dawson over ice;, landing. Dawson talking w/ Capt. E.A. McDonald & Commander P.W. Porter. MCUs. Large helicopter overhead & landing. Two men out towards helicopters. 03:50:27 Lt. Col Dawson w/ safety line checking for crevasses w/ ice axe handle to probe. 03:50:51 Slate. Military Otter airplane overhead; landing on skis past flags on ice, takes off again; returns & landing, taxies to stop. 03:53:07 Otter sitting, thumbs up given, pilot starts engine. Taxiis & takes off. Passing low overhead. 03:54:18 MCU POV crevasse detector on front of Weasel moving slowly 03:55:01 View towards oncoming Weasel & detector, stops & starts & passes over camera. (Two takes). 03:56:08 CU DC electric gage. 03:56:27 Slate: 12Dec59. Dawson w/ safety line, on one knee probing w/ ice axe; digging w/ axe. 03:57:06 MS Weasel & detector across smooth ice & snow. 03:57:33 Man next to Weasel, pushes plunger of detonator & explosion throwing up ice. GOOD. 03:57:45 Man w/ detonator wire spool on ice. CU Dawson giving thumbs up signal to set charge. 03:8:01 Weasel w/ crevasse detector moving over ice, starts & stops. CU detectors. 1959; Little America; Expeditions; US Military; Science; NOTE: Good picture quality.