Operation Deep Freeze (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. A yearbook/cruise book style book is hard-bound in silver pebble cloth with an embossed, color emblem on the upper cover, and with blue embossing to the spine. The covers show some toning to the cover edges and spine, as well as light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations, a few in color. Complete in 158 pages. To.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Ex-Library with modest markings. Year book/cruise book style book is hard-bound in silver pebble cloth with a color, embossed emblem on the upper cover and with blue embossing on the spine. The covers show light scuffing and light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. There is a very slight curve to the upper cover. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with numerous photographs and illustrations, some in color.…

Brass ashtray with Operation Deep Freeze Task Force 43 coat of arms embossed on base. Eyelet affixed to underside to enable wall mounting. 155mm diameter. circa Operations Deep Freeze I-III were the United States contribution to the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58. The preliminary mission objective for Task Force 43 was to build and expand scientific bases on the Antarctic continent, and to install an airstrip at McMurdo Sound to facilitate aircraft access for subsequent operations. With Commodore Richard Byrd captaining the USS Wyandot, the US Navy saw an opportunity to capitalise on this distinguished Antarctic veteran's increasing fame to publicise the endeavour by inviting Walt Disney Studios to collaborate on a series of motion picture documentaries. Walt Disney also offered their assistance in designing the emblem for the Task Force, which is attractively rendered on this commemorative ashtray. The four components of the crest represent a naval icebraker, a DC-4 aircraft, a penguin for Antarctica and a bee to symbolise the "SeaBees". Otherwise known as the Unites States Construction Battalions, the SeaBees were a specially trained engineer division of the US Navy founded after Pearl Harbour to avoid skilled civilian contractors illegally having to take arms in unprecedented conflict scenarios. In gratitude for furnishing the Task Force with this emblem, Walt Disney himself was made an honorary member of the expedition.…

Operation Deep Freeze U.S. Navy photo archive documenting the preparation and execution of the first flight from Africa to Antarctica, September 27 to October 1, 1963, a 4,700-mile airlift that demonstrated the expanding reach of the American Antarctic logistics network. The flight occurred as the United States was transforming its Antarctic presence from the expeditionary operations of the International Geophysical Year into a permanent scientific program dependent upon military transportation and infrastructure. Photographed principally by Lt. (jg) H. S. Hemphill for Task Force Forty Three, the archive follows two VX 6 LC 130F Hercules aircraft through preparations in South Africa, the flight to Antarctica, and arrival at McMurdo Station. The aircraft departed Cape Town on September 30 carrying 9,600 gallons of fuel each and weighing approximately 10,000 pounds above their usual operating weight; after 14 hours and 26 minutes they reached McMurdo, where Rear Admiral James R. Reedy formally opened Deep Freeze 64 operations on October 1. Photo archive of 17 silver gelatin photographs, approximately 4 x 5 inches, Cape Town, South Africa, aboard VX 6 LC 130F aircraft, and McMurdo Station, Antarctica, September 27 to October 1, 1963; with the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica pamphlet Antarctic Highlights, Washington, 1969. The photographs form a contemporary visual record of the first Cape Town-to-McMurdo flight from ground preparation through arrival, with Navy captions identifying personnel, aircraft, and stages of the operation. At Cape Town, crews remove unnecessary equipment and clothing to reduce aircraft weight, test communications, inspect fuel systems, and prepare the 3,600-gallon auxiliary tank required to extend the range of the LC 130F. James P. Houghton appears beside the tank; Claude C. Stanley and John E. Wood inspect aircraft 148318 before departure. A crew portrait identifies Andrew C. Huggins, William B. Kurlak, John D. Stitch, Thomas H. Dunn, M. E. Westlund, Robert Wolcott, George H. Fuller, E. R. Simpson, Jack H. Tankersley, and Houghton. In flight, Staff Sergeant Arthur L. Kreing works over navigation charts, Alan F. Blanchard and Richard A. Millington play cards, and other crewmen rest, receive oxygen, and change into cold-weather clothing as the aircraft approaches Antarctica. One image, captioned "The morning after Cairo," shows John Wood administering oxygen to Chief Claude C. Stanley while Chief Earl D. Gordinier waits nearby. At McMurdo, Hemphill records Rear Admiral Reedy leaving the aircraft after the 4,700-mile flight and being met by Commander R. R. McGregor of Antarctic Support and wintering commander Robert Marvel. The accompanying Antarctic Highlights pamphlet describes the Navy's Antarctic stations, aircraft, ships, communications, power systems, and support of scientific work. The flight came only a few years after the International Geophysical Year of 1957 to 1958 and two years after the Antarctic Treaty entered into force. Sustaining the expanding American scientific presence required a logistical system capable of moving personnel, equipment, fuel, and supplies across thousands of miles into one of the world's least accessible regions. The Cape Town-to-McMurdo flight demonstrated that the Navy's developing LC 130 airlift system could reach Antarctica directly from Africa as well as through the established New Zealand approach. Hemphill's photographs consequently document more than an aviation first: they record the military transportation infrastructure that helped transform American activity in Antarctica from periodic expeditions into sustained scientific operations. Slight curling to the photographs, with contemporary verso annotations intact; photographs overall in very good condition and pamphlet in good condition.…