The USS Burton Island (AG-88) and the USS Edisto (AG-89) Breaking Ice
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1947-1948
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-223, Box 1, Folder Photographs
Image of the USS Burton Island (AG-88) and the USS Edisto (AG-89) breaking ice in Antarctica, for Operation Windmill. The USS Burton Island can be seen to the left of the image with the crew standing on deck. The USS Edisto is in the bottom of the image and it is connected to the USS Burton by a rope. The caption at the bottom of the image reads: "Operation Iceikle." 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
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
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
SIA2010-0658
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Aerial; Exterior; Medium: Photographic print