1933-35 — Second Byrd expedition (privately financed) to Ant- 

 arctica. 



1939-41 — Third Byrd expedition (U. S. Antarctic Service, In- 

 terior Department) to Little America and Marguer- 

 ite Bay. 



1942-45 — Various war operations in the Aleutians, Bering Sea, 

 Greenland and Barents Seas. 



1944 — First Point Barrow supply expedition (Barex) in 



support of Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4. This 

 now is an annual expedition conducted in August. In 

 1948 five AKA's, two LST's and one icebreaker par- 

 ticipated, delivering close to 30,000 short tons of sup- 

 plies and equipment to Point Barrow and Barter 

 Island in the Beaufort Sea. 



1946 — Cold weather cruise, Operation Frostbite, of a carrier 



task grouD in Davis Strait. 



1946 — Operation Nanook to Thule, Northwest Greenland 



and Canadian Arctic Archipelago (Melville Island, 

 Cornwallis Island, Ellesmere Island, etc.) in support 

 of Canadian- American weather stations. This has be- 



Figure 1-3. — Summer scene. Dumbbell Bay, Ellesmere Island, 450 miles from North Pole 



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