Author: Unknown

Subject: Operation Windmill

Type: Photographic print     Exterior

Date: 1947

Topic: Research expeditions      Scientific expeditions      Snow      Buildings

Standard number: SIA2010-0649

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 of an expedition building in Antarctica. It was erected by the expedition members from Operation Windmill. The caption on the bottom of the image reads, " My Castle on the Rhine." 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