Auteur: Smithsonian Institution
Beschrijving:
Author: Unknown
Subject: Operation Windmill
Type: Photographic print
Group, candid
Exterior
Date: 1947
Topic: Research expeditions
Scientific expeditions
Snow
Ice
Icebreakers (Ships)
Sleds
Standard number: SIA2010-0648
Physical description: Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, Candid; Exterior; Medium: Photographic print
Notes: Image located in Robert B. Klaverkamp's collection. Klaverkamp, an enlisted Naval Correspondent, participated in Operation Windmill. Malcolm Davis, zookeeper at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, was also on the expedition and was assigned to the Icebreaker USS Edisto (AG-89) with the express purpose of collecting penguins, other birds, and leopard seals
Summary: Image expedition members from Operation Windmill in Antarctica, unloading equipment for their work. A sled can be seen on the ice and a motorized sled with tread is being placed on the ice with a crane connected to either the Icebreaker the USS Burton Island (AG-88) or the USS Edisto (AG-89). Operation Windmill (1947-1948) was an expedition established by the Chief of Naval Operations to train personnel, test equipment, and reaffirm American interests in Antarctica
Place: Antarctica
Persistent URL:Link to data base record
Repository:Smithsonian Archives - History Div
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