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Forklifts are used to load cargo aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft in preparation for a mid-winter airdrop over Antarctica

A C-141B Starlifter aircraft is refueled in preparation for a mid-winter airdrop over Antarctica

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Cargo containers are pushed out the side door of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during a mid-winter airdrop of supplies over the South Pole

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Crewmen push supplies out of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft as an airdrop is made over McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE

Crewmen push supplies out of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft as an airdrop is made over McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE

Cargo is loaded aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft in preparation for a mid-winter airdrop over Antarctica

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Christchurch

State: Canterbury

Country: New Zealand (NZL)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bert Mav

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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19/06/1984
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label_outline Explore Mid Winter Airdrop, Mid Winter, Antarctica

An Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft refuels a C-141B Starlifter aircraft (as seen from the KC-10) during the return flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to Christchurch, New Zealand. The C-141 has just completed an airdrop during Operation Deep Freeze

Passengers depart from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during the 30th anniversary of Operation DEEP FREEZE

Buildings at the McMurdo Station where Maj. Esther

Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Oakes and Petty Officer

A Foremost Nodwell 240 emergency vehicle sits near a C-141C Starlifter from Christchurch, New Zealand, parked on the ice near McMurdo Station in Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001

Rear view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft, with contrails, flying toward the setting sun. The aircraft is returning to Christchurch, New Zealand, after a successful airdrop over Antarctica

Staff Sgt. Craig Cox makes a final check on a cargo of supplies to be dropped from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft 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

An Antarctic Development Squadron Six crewman preflights a UH-1N helicopter during the 30th anniversary of Operation Deep Freeze

Capt. Matthew Walker, commanding officer of Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Andres Murtillo

Shot of the first C-141C Starlifter aircraft from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, California, to land on the ice at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, in support of Operation DEEP FREEZE

Lt. Col. Trace Dotson, 304th Expeditionary Airlift

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cargo starlifter aircraft b starlifter aircraft preparation mid winter airdrop mid winter airdrop antarctica c 141 b starlifter base christchurch c 141 starlifter technical sergeant high resolution c 141 b starlifter aircraft tsgt bert mav new zealand us national archives