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Show EDITION TO WTAKCTIC I bkGAN THIS MONTH '1V0 iinili'd States Naval loe-...iors loe-...iors will Wvo this country ''"'j,, Kovomber on their way to " Xntaretio on 1,10 "Second '(Jius'l Antaretie Development ljoet." Tllf (wo iet-breakors are the USS ,jis!0 which will leave an East -''vist l11'1 on or nbut November V'ami the lTSS Burton Island vhU'h will depart from San Pedro, California, about November 20. Following a rendezvous at Samoa Sa-moa in oarly December, the two vtfSels will proceed to the Ant-jrttic Ant-jrttic to continue the naval pro-.rr.im pro-.rr.im of training men and testing equipment under conditions of extreme ex-treme cold weather. Scientific exploration will be continued to a limited degree. Each ship will carry two aircraft. air-craft. Two Sikorsky H03's, one Bell HTL helicopter, and a Gru-man Gru-man J2F amphibian will be used for exploration, liaison and general gen-eral utility. The ships will return to their home ports in the United States at the end of the Antarctic summer. |