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Author: Unknown

Subject: Operation Windmill

Type: Photographic print     Exterior

Date: 1947

Topic: Research expeditions      Scientific expeditions      Snow      Ice      Icebreakers (Ships)

Standard number: SIA2010-0644

Physical description: Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 5w x 4h; Type of Image: 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 of an Icebreaker covered in ice. This Icebreaker could be either the USS Burton Island (AG-88) or the USS Edisto (AG-89). These ships were used for Operation Windmill (1947-1948), an expedition established by the Chief of Naval Operations to train personnel, test equipment, and reaffirm American interests in Antarctica. An expedition member can be seen in the left corner of the image

Place: Antarctica

Persistent URL:Link to data base record

Repository:Smithsonian Archives - History Div

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