1960 Press Photo Leo O'Brien & Robert Atwood board plane for South Pole Station

The honorable Leo W. O'Brien (D-NY) and Robert B. Atwood, publisher of Anchorage Alaska Times, prepare to get underway on the three hour, 800 mile flight to South Pole Station in a Lockheed C-130 Hercules.

Photo is dated 1960.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.