1946 Operation Highjump - Amazing discoveries (at that time) in the southern parts of our GLOBE
An amazing discovery after flying over "100s-1000s feet of deep ice and snow as long as the eye can see", suddenly a more temperate local climate.
Video from Operation Highjump (OpHjp), officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946-47
Note: You should really read up on antartica.. it is H U G E.