- MS 317;MSM Map, April 1956 [Flights made from McMurdo Sound in January 1956] 1 sheet
Smith, United States Navy Antarctic Expeditions
This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge
- Reference
- GB 15 W J L Smith/United States Navy Antarctic Expeditions
- Dates of Creation
- April 1956
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- Map
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
With the establishment of permanent stations on Antarctica the United States navy began a series of annual voyages south to relieve the personnel. McMurdo Base was established on Ross Island in 1955-1956. The first long range exploratory flights were conducted from there in the same season.
Additional Information
The Institute's Picture Library holds several collections containing photographs/negatives for various years of Operation Deep Freeze, a search of the Polar Pictures index found at www.spri.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fx.sp?DB=PolarPics will provide more information.