Newsreel of a Navy expedition to the Antarctic. Shots of a base in the ice, men raising an American flag in a hazy/foggy place with ice on the ground. The men are wearing full body jumpsuits to protect from the cold. A shot of the men saluting the flag and marching. Shots of the base in the ice and frozen equipment; plow, tractor, navy boat sitting in the ice and snow. Shots of airplanes landing in the snow. The planes say “Navy” on their sides. Men unload supplies from the plane in the cold.
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