When first shown in the UK it was preceded by a warning for "people of a nervous disposition".
Cord Wainer Bird was a pseudonym used by Harlan Ellison, who was unhappy with the final product made from his script.
The ice station is called "T for Tick-Tock". Another Irwin Allen's show, The Time Tunnel (1966), had its base called Tick-Tock.
At one point, Nelson says that anaerobic bacteria live on air. Actually he has it backwards. Anaerobic bacteria thrive in the absence of oxygen.
The handheld two-way radio seen is a Heathkit GW-21A CB transceiver. These were sold as kits by the Heath Company of Benton Harbor Michigan.