1979 Total Solar Eclipse The expedition $100,000 NASA radio would not work in 9° F, and for most the cameras snapped their film in two because they were not arctic greased. In the gallery photos you see my trusty equipment trunk, with my $35 Globe Patrol radio kit ,and tape recorder from Radio Shack... look closely at my feet and you see my grounding nail driven into the ice... and on my audio tape listen to WWV from Ft Collins, Colorado singing away with the time signal... as well as my camera clicks. - courtesy of Dr John D Bernard