Don Carter lists the scientific stations, under the host nation's flags, visited by USCG Polar Star's (WAGB-10) helicopters. The Coast Guard helicopters are providing transportation to scientists inspecting selected stations for compliance with a 1959 Antarctic Treaty

Personnel tie down the blades of a Coast Guard HH-52 Sea Guard helicopter, as protection from high winds at the Argentine station. The Coast Guard is providing transportation to scientists inspecting research stations for compliance with a 1959 Antarctic Treaty

A Lockheed C-130G shown taxiing on the ice pack with McMurdo Station in the back ground, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001. The aircraft is operated by Adventure Network International, normally based in South Africa, but contracted to operate between Christchurch, New Zealand and a number of stations located on the Antarctica ice pack in support of the United States Science Program

Employees of the U.S. National Science Foundation, wearing and carrying cold weather gear, board a C-141B Starlifter parked on the ramp at the airport. The aircraft and its' crew are bound for McMurdo Base, Antarctica in support of the joint, U.S. Armed Forces and New Zealand Defense Force, military operation which provides logistic support to the U.S. National Science Foundation's Program on Antarctica

A DeHavilland Otter shown parked the on the ice pack at McMurdo Station at Ross Island in Antarctica. The aircraft operated by the United States Science Program, flies between a number of stations located on the Antarctica ice pack

Right side profile, high angle view of a U.S. Coast Guard HH-65A Dolphin Helicopter as it sits atop four feet of sea ice on McMurdo Sound, Antarctica in support of the National Science Foundations scientific research. Footprints in the snow, are seen leading away from the aircraft and out of the frame at the bottom of the image. It regularly supplies the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker POLAR STAR (not shown) with mail, cargo, and passenger transit

Shot of a C-141C Starlifter aircraft out of March Air Reserve Base, California, on the Pegasus runway, McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE. Deep Freeze is a joint military operation of the US armed forces and the New Zealand Defence Forces, to provide logistic support for the US National Science Foundation's Antarctic program

Don Carter lists the scientific stations, under the host nation's flags, visited by USCG Polar Star's (WAGB-10) helicopters. The Coast Guard helicopters are providing transportation to scientists inspecting selected stations for compliance with a 1959 Antarctic Treaty

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Country: Antarctica (ATA)

Scene Camera Operator: PA1 Ed Moreth, Uscg

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

01/04/1983

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/

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