Operation Windmill Expedition Members Photographing a Seal
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Form/Genre: Group, candid
Date: 1947-1948
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-223, Box 1, Folder Photographs
Image of four Operation Windmill expedition members in Antarctica photographing a seal. A tripod can be seen on the left and mountains are visible in the background. 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.
Operation Windmill
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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.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-223, Box 1, Folder Photographs
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1947-1948
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Antarctica
SIA2010-0642
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Group, Candid; Exterior; Medium: Photographic print