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An aerial view of McMurdo Station during OPERATION DEEP FREEZE '90

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Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE '90

Country: Antarctica (ATA)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jose Lopez Jr.

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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26/09/1989
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