All supplies had to be loaded into the station essentially by hand
Philip K Swartz - 1960-61 - South Pole Station - Antarcticans Database Project more

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Here Joe Boll (Electronics technician) is bring in food on a banana sled. On the wall are some of the ~300 movies stored at the station. (Some lacking the final 15 minutes, or various movies mixed in various reels.) The movies had to be selected and then brought inside and allowed to thaw before being shown.

Pictures from Philip K Swartz, overwinter, South Pole, 60-61