Days of laborious unloading supplies and building shelters followed the Expedition’s arrival in Antarctica, resulting in a complete village that Byrd named Little America. Aside from an administration building and bunk house, the complex included three radio antenna towers, a mess hall, hangars for the airplanes, storage sheds and a machine shop that contained the first generator of electricity in Antarctica.

The Mess Hall, with the Norwegian House in the rear, under construction. These houses were soon covered with snow. 1928, Richard E. Byrd Papers, #7803_2

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