train personnel and test equipment in frigid conditions
develop techniques for establishing, maintaining, and utilizing air bases on ice
establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV
amplify existing knowledge of hydrographic, geographic, geological, meteorological, and electromagnetic propagation conditions in the area
determine the feasibility of establishing, maintaining, and utilizing bases in the Antarctic and to investigate possible base sites
consolidate and extend U.S. sovereignty over the largest practicable area of the Antarctic continent