90 Miles From Tyranny : Admiral Richard Byrd’s “Little America III”

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Admiral Richard Byrd’s “Little America III”

Admiral Richard Byrd’s “Little America III” station, built in Antarctic in 1940, was spotted by a Navy icebreaker sticking out of the side of this floating iceberg in the Antarctic’s Ross Sea, on March 13, 1963. The old outpost was buried beneath 25 feet of snow, 300 miles away from its original location. A helicopter pilot flew in close and reported cans and supplies still stacked neatly on shelves.

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