Bob Axtell wrote:
>In fact the expedition failed because the airplanes were buried 300 feet 
>deep in new icepack. So much
>for GW.

Not quite true. See:
http://www.thelostsquadron.com/

This recovery was documented on a (I think) Discovery Channel show several years ago and as the link shows at least one of the planes, a P-38 Lightening, was recovered from a depth of 268 feet of ice. 268 feet since 1942 is 4.2 feet per year.

Vic

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