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Probing for crevasses on Skelton Glacier - progress sometimes only a mile/day

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Probing for crevasses on Skelton Glacier - progress sometimes only a mile/day.Note lifelines on men probing. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse.

Photographer

Mr. Ardo X. Meyer

Display Date

January, 1961

Collection

Paths Less Taken

The Antarctic

The Treverses

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA (ret.)

Keywords

Antarctica

Traverse

Transportation