1946 - Operation High Jump, Icebreaker USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282 breaking thru ice

1946 - Operation High Jump, Icebreaker USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282 breaking thru ice View from ship passing edge of barrier ice & ice floes 01:14:51 LS helicopter flying over barrier ice. 01:14:53 ADM. RICHARD CRUZEN & DR. SIPLE on bridge looking out over ice & barrier (NOTE: these identifications are from NARA navy card catalogs but may not be the case. Capt. Charles Thomas was Captain of WAGB-282. 01:16:25 View of edge of ice barrier. Cruzen & Siple on bridge, ship thru floating ice; moving into open water. 03:20:04 MCU ice sheets breaking. Wake of ship on ice. 01:17:42 Helicopter takes off & in flight over ice barrier. 01:18:04 Landing party going down ladder to ice; skiis handed down. Still photographer taking pictures; skiers along side ship. LS of skiers including DR. SIPLE & CAPT BOYD strapping on skis, get underway across snow. 01:20:34 NORTHWIND bow thru water into ice floes; cutting thru ice. CU Large chunks of ice & passing thru ice. USA Military Exploration; 1946; 1947; NOTE: Operation Highjump, The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946-47, organized by Admiral Byrd under command of Richard Cruzen launched on 26Aug46 & ended Feb47, six months earlier than planned. Included 4700 men, 13 ships & multiple aircraft. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate.