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HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947,, was a United States Navy operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. The operat
USS Sennet (right), a Balao-class submarine, participating in Operation Highjump
Sikorsky R-4 helicopter landing on icebreaker USCGC Northwind during Operation Highjump
Little America was a series of Antarctic exploration bases from 1929 to 1958, located on the Ross Ice Shelf, south of the Bay of Whales. They were built on ice that moves very slowly; the relative loc
Operation Highjump
…Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. The operation was organized by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr., USN, Officer in Charge, Task Force 68, and led by Rear Admiral Ethan Erik Larson…
Byrd Antarctic Expedition II cover, Jan. 30, 1935
The camp established as US Navy's Operation Highjump, 1946–1947
USS Arneb at Little America station in 1959