<p><b>Author</b>: Unknown
</p><p><b>Subject</b>: Operation Windmill
</p><p><b>Type</b>: Exterior
    Photographic print
</p><p><b>Topic</b>: Ice
     Research expeditions
     Scientific expeditions
     Snow
     Icebreakers (Ships)
     Ice breaking operations
</p><p><b>Standard number</b>: SIA2010-0643
</p><p><b>Physical description</b>: Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 3.75w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print
</p><p><b>Notes</b>: 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
</p><p><b>Summary</b>: Image of an Icebreaker, either the USS Burton Island (AG-88) or the USS Edisto (AG-89) moving through the ice during Operation Windmill. Operation Windmill (1947-1948), an expedition established by the Chief of Naval Operations to train personnel, test equipment, and reaffirm American interests in Antarctica
</p><p><b>Place</b>: Antarctica
</p><p><b>Persistent URL</b>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&amp;profile=all&amp;source=~!sichronology&amp;uri=full=3100001~!12416~!0#focus">Link to data base record</a>
</p><p><b>Repository</b>:Smithsonian Archives - History Div
</p>
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/5243854594/">Breaking Ice in Antarctica during Operation Windmill</a>