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Antarctic explorer Admiral Richard Byrd leads an expedition to Polar camp Little America No. 3 to begin work on setting up his next exploration base, Little America No. 4, and an explorer plays with a penguin

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SLATE INFORMATION: South Pole Expedition at Little America

ANTARCTICA: Ross Ice Shelf: Little America Exploration Base:
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ANTARCTIC Byrd's expedition lands at the old site of "Little America No. 3" and dig in for new site. Running tractors ashore and "Little America No. 4" takes shape


ADMIRAL BYRD Expedition land on the ice of Little America". Tractors come ashore and and run over steelroad and things take shape for "Little America No. 4


SOUTH POLE Byrd's South Pole expedition lands at "Little America" No. 3 and start to prepare the site for Little America No. 4


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Background: Antarctic explorer Admiral Richard Byrd leads an expedition to Polar camp Little America No. 3 to begin work on setting up his next exploration base, Little America No. 4, and an explorer plays with a penguin

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