Icebreaker with Equipment in Antarctica

nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:20:02 -0800

Author: Unknown

Subject: Operation Windmill

Type: Photographic print
    Exterior
    Aerial

Date: 1947

Topic: Aerial photographs
     Research expeditions
     Scientific expeditions
     Snow
     Ice
     Icebreakers (Ships)
     Ice breaking operations
     Helicopter
     Airplanes

Standard number: SIA2010-0657

Physical description: Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Aerial; 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: Aerial image of of either the USS Burton Island (AG-88) or the USS Edisto (AG-89), ships used for Operation Windmill. A helicopter and a plane can be seen on the deck of the ship. 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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Icebreaker with Equipment in Antarctica