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

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