Map of South Pole drop zone. Click
the graphic to see a larger image.
Dennis Ackerman lights a smudge
pot from snowmobile. The driver is James Slaughter. The snowmobile
died in the extreme cold of -86 F. It was retrieved in the bucket
of one of the CAT loaders.
Dennis Ackerman and James Slaughter
light smudge pot which provided the target for the C-141 dropping
boxes of supplies.
Frozen snowmobile being retrieved
by a CAT loader in the drop zone one hour before the C-141 arrived.
After the C-141 dropped the boxes,
they were hauled to a garage where they were unpacked and supplies
inventoried.
