Van Heflin. It features Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in a scene where he is discussing Operation HIGHJUMP with admirals Byrd and Cruzen. The film re-enacted scenes of critical events, such as shipboard damage control and Admiral Byrd throwing items out of an airplane to lighten it to avoid crashing into a mountain. It won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. See also List of Antarctic expeditions Military activity in the Antarctic New Swabia References Bibliography Further reading Navy Proudly Ends Its Antarctic Mission; Air National Guard Assumes 160-Year Task. Chicago Tribune; February 22, 1998. Antarctic Mayday: The Crash of the George One. Story of one of the survivors – James Haskin (Robbie) Robbins Operation Highjump: A Tragedy on the Ice External links The Papers of Harry B. Eisenberg Jr. at Dartmouth College Library History of Antarctica United States and the Antarctic Oceanography Military in Antarctica Aviation in Antarctica 1946 in Antarctica 1947 in Antarctica History of the Ross Dependency