A close-up of parachute rigging on pallets of supplies that will be dropped over the South Pole. The drop is a joint U.S./New Zealand operation to resupply both South Pole and McMurdo Stations in Antarctica. The operation is being staged from Det. 2, 619th Military Airlift Support Squadron, at the New Zealand International Airport
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Christchurch
State: Canterbury
Country: New Zealand (NZL)
Scene Camera Operator: Fred Jones
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
23/06/1985
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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