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Little America was a series of Antarctic exploration bases from 1929 to 1958, located on the Ross Ice Shelf, south of the Bay of Whales . The coordinates are approximate. Little America I. The first base in the series was established in January 1929 by Richard Byrd, [2] and was abandoned in 1930. [3] .
The Bay of Whales was a logistical support base for Richard E. Byrd 's first (1928–1930), second (1933–1935) and third expedition (1939–1941) The configuration of the Bay of Whales continuously changed. A survey by the second Byrd expedition in 1934 determined that the feature lay at the junction of two separate ice systems, the movements ...
Little America, principal American base in Antarctica, lying on the northeastern edge of Ross Ice Shelf near Kainan Bay. First set up in 1928 as the headquarters for the polar explorations of Richard E. Byrd, it was reused and enlarged by Byrd on his return expedition in 1933–35.
Little America V ended up going the way of some of its predecessors: The site of this base was on Iceberg B-9, which broke off the Ross Ice Shelf in 1987 and spelled the end, at least for a time, of the Bay of Whales. This huge berg grounded in Commonwealth Bay in East Antarctica at the end of 2010, and in diminished form remains there today.
The natural bay, created by uneven advancement of the ice shelf, was the continent’s most southerly open harbour in summer months and the site of several important bases, including those of the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (1911) and the American explorer Richard E. Byrd (Little America I, 1928; II, 1933–34; III, 1940; IV, 1947; V, 1956).
Little America IV at Kainan Bay, 30 mi (48 km) to the east, was a U.S. station during the International Geophysical Year (1957–58). Little America, base for Antarctic exploring expeditions, Antarctica, on the Ross Ice Shelf, S of the Bay of Whales.
Bay of Whales. The Bay of Whales was a natural ice harbour, or iceport, indenting the front of the Ross Ice Shelf just north of Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. It holds the distinction of being the southernmost point of open ocean, not only within the Ross Sea but worldwide. Map. Directions.
