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Under Seal claims Antarctica is more than official ice, and the claim is about Admiral Richard E. Byrd. After his medals, the video turns to Operation Highjump of 1946 and 1947, a large force at Little America on the Ross Ice Shelf. Training and mapping are the public purpose. The channel asks why so many armed ships and planes were sent, and why a long job ended in about forty days, with winter blamed during Antarctic summer. It reads a diary it assigns to Byrd: hours off the radio, a green valley in place of ice, spinning instruments, a mammoth-like animal, a city, and discs that land his plane. A master warns about atomic bombs and sends him back with a message. The objections are included. Cold breaks gear. Critics say he never wrote the diary, and his North Pole first has failed. The channel still cites the radio gap, James Forrestal’s death after a fall officials called suicide, treaty limits on visitors, and the death of Byrd’s son.
Key points
- The channel treats Operation Highjump as too large, and too quickly ended, for a simple cold-weather drill.
- A diary it attributes to Byrd describes a green valley, a mammoth-like animal, a city, and disc-shaped craft.
- That diary includes a warning about atomic weapons carried back from a hidden interior.
- The same video records the rebuttal that the diary is forged and that cold explains the equipment failures.
- The radio gap, Forrestal’s death, treaty limits on travel, and the death of Byrd’s son are left as open questions.
Short quotes
the Navy said it was because winter was coming early
Under Seal, A claim about Admiral Byrd and Antarctica
The host gives the Navy’s stated reason for ending the operation early. Watch at 7:21
the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan were a cause for worry for them
Under Seal, A claim about Admiral Byrd and Antarctica
In the diary the channel reads, the figures underground are worried about the bombs. Watch at 14:15
you cannot visit Antarctica unless you are a scientist or are given a pass
Under Seal, A claim about Admiral Byrd and Antarctica
Tight control of who may go is offered as a reason the continent still looks suspicious. Watch at 19:49
Video by Under Seal. Watch on YouTube.