The Secret Land
Overview
This documentary, filmed entirely by military photographers, recounts the U.S. Navy's 1946-47 expedition to Antarctica, known as Operation High Jump. The expedition was under the overall command of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, no stranger to the Antarctic. This was a large undertaking involving 13 ships and over 4000 thousand men. The fleet departed from Norfolk, Virginia traveling through the Panama canal and then southward to their final destination. The trip through the ice pack was fraught with danger and forced the submarine that was part of the fleet to withdraw. The trip was a success meeting all of its scientific goals.
Release date
22/10/1948
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Erebus: Operation Overdue
Expedition Artenschutz - Auf der Spur des Jaguars
Antarctica: An Adventure of a Different Nature
Antarctica, a legacy mission
LSD
Kielings kalte Welt
Portraits of Antarctic Voyages: Concordia Station
Of Penguins and Men
March of the Penguins
Antarctica from Above
Antarctica, in the footsteps of the Emperor
Encounters at the End of the World
Farce of the Penguins
Americans on Everest
Earth
Tian Soepangat: Muslim Sailor
Antarctic Expedition: Sir George Newnes' Farewell to Officers and Crew
Auf Nilpferdpfaden
Tale of the Penguins
Words of Captain Scott