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English: Operation Windmill Expedition Member Inside Building in Antarctica

Author: Unknown

Subject: Operation Windmill

Type: Photographic print

Person, candid

Date: 1947

Topic: Research expeditions

Scientific expeditions

Snow

Ice

Standard number: SIA2010-0649

Physical description: Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, Candid; 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 of a member of Operation Windmill standing inside a building in Antarctica. The man is surrounded by supplies. 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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23 January 2011 (original upload date)

  • 23 February 2010 (according to Exif data)
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Author Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at en.wikipedia

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