Breaking Ice in Antarctica during Operation Windmill

ID: SIA2010-0643

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Exterior

Date: 1947-1948

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-223, Box 1, Folder Photographs

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Summary

Image of an Icebreaker, either the USS Burton Island (AG-88) or the USS Edisto (AG-89) moving through the ice during Operation Windmill. Operation Windmill (1947-1948), an expedition established by the Chief of Naval Operations to train personnel, test equipment, and reaffirm American interests in Antarctica.

Subject

Operation Windmill

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

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.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-223, Box 1, Folder Photographs

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1947-1948

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Research expeditions
  • Snow
  • Ice breaking operations
  • Ice
  • Icebreakers (Ships)

Place

Antarctica

Form/Genre

  • Exterior
  • Photographic print

ID Number

SIA2010-0643

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 3.75w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print

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