EXPEDITION! TV SHOW “THE FROZEN CONTINENT” U.S. NAVY OPERATION DEEP FREEZE II ANTARCTICA XD45604

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This black and white episode of the television series “Expedition!” entitled “The Frozen Continent” originally aired September 20, 1960, and follows the exploits of the United State’s Operation Deep Freeze II of 1957-1958, in which the first permanent base of U.S. operations, Ellsworth Station, was established on the continent of Antarctica. Narrated by the expedition’s leader, Captain Finn Ronne, USNR, we see men journeying by ship, arriving, and constructing Ellsworth Station. We also see them conducting experiments, maintaining the camp, chow time, and even leisure activities. In the second half of the program, we follow a summer traverse expedition as it roams and maps the ice-covered countryside, a C-47 transport plane as it resupplies Sir Vivian Fuchs Antarctic expedition, and a waddle of thousands of emperor penguins. Hosted by Col. John D. Craig, narrated an