Operation Windmill Expedition Members Playing in the Snow
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1947-1948
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-223, Box 1, Folder Photographs
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.
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
SIA2010-0651
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, Candid; Medium: Photographic print