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. The were built on ice that is moving very slowly, the …

Little America, principal American base in Antarctica, lying on the northeastern edge of Ross Ice Shelf near Kainan Bay. First set up in 1928 as the headquarters for the polar explorations of …

Oct 3, 2023 · A relocated Little America—Little America IV—served as a base camp for the biggest and most far-reaching Antarctic expedition yet undertaken: the U.S. Navy’s Operation …

Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to …

Jan 21, 2021 · Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd staged the first expedition to explore Antarctica from 1928 to 1930. During that time a base camp was established on the Ross Ice Shelf and …

Byrd established his first base, “Little America,” in 1928, near the site of Franheim, Amundsen’s 1911 campsite on the sea edge of the Ross Ice Shelf by the Bay of Whales. From this base …

Feb 3, 2017 · Perhaps a quaint little neighborhood in a bustling European city where American emigrants have made a home? You’d be wrong. Picture instead, a small upstart “village” near …

Apr 16, 2019 · From 1946-1947 Byrd led Operation Highjump, whose primary mission was the establishment of Little America IV, and in 1955-1956 led Operation Deep Freeze, a multi …

Little America, base for Antarctic exploring expeditions, Antarctica, on the Ross Ice Shelf, S of the Bay of Whales. Richard E. Byrd, a U.S. explorer, established and named Little America in …

Little America, base for Antarctic exploring expeditions, Antarctica, on the Ross Ice Shelf, S of the Bay of Whales. Richard E. Byrd, a U.S. explorer, established and named Little America in …