Author: Unknown

Subject: Operation Windmill

Type: Photographic print     Group, candid

Date: 1947

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

Standard number: SIA2010-0651

Physical description: Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, 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 Operation Windmill expedition members playing in the snow. Other members are standing on the ship watching the men on the ground. 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. The icebreaker in the background of the image is the USS Burton Island (AG-88), signified by the number 88 near the front of the Icebreaker. A second Icebreaker, the USS Edisto (AG-89) was also used during the expedition

Place: Antarctica

Persistent URL:Link to data base record

Repository:Smithsonian Archives - History Div