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MASTER Sergeant Robert Lesnick, loadmaster, with the 730th Airlift Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, California, guides the 10K-AT all terrain forklift into position. The forklift will receive the cargo delivered from Christchurch, New Zealand. The offloading is taking place on the Ross Ice Shelf near McMurdo Station in Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001

MASTER Sergeant Robert Lesnick, a loadmaster with the 730th Airlift Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, California, guides the cargo sled as it is pulled away from the ramp of a C-141C Starlifter. The aircraft is parked on the Ross Ice Shelf near McMurdo Station in Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001

MASTER Sergeant Bob Budlong with the 730th Airlift Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, California, performs the preflight check on the instrument panel of a C-141C Starlifter. The aircraft will transport a cargo load from Christchurch, New Zealand, to McMurdo Station in Antarctica in support of Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001

Loadmasters and civilian cargo workers guide a load onto a cargo sled at the ramp of a C-141C Starlifter from Christchurch, New Zealand. It is parked on the Ross Ice Shelf near McMurdo Station in Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001

A loaded cargo sled pulls away from the ramp of a C-141C Starlifter from Christchurch, New Zealand. It is parked on the Ross Ice Shelf near McMurdo Station in Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001

Royal New Zealand Air Force support personnel use K-loaders in tandem to load cargo onto a Lockheed C-141C Starlifter from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, California, in support of Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001 at Christchurch, New Zealand. The operation consists of resupply support missions to and from McMurdo station in Antarctica

MASTER Sergeants Ric Bass, (left), and Al Murguia, both with the 730th Airlift Squadron from March Air Reserve Base, California, push a pallet into position onboard a C-141C Starlifter that will transport a cargo load from Christchurch, New Zealand, to McMurdo Station in Antarctica during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001

A Boeing KC-135R from the 336th/452nd Air Mobility Wing based at March Air Reserve Base, California, parked on the ramp at Christchurch, New Zealand. The unit is flying in support of 452nd MAW (Military Airlift Wing)s, Lockheed C-141C Starlifter supporting Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001, resupply of McMurdo station in Antarctica

A 10K-AT all terrain forklift pulls a cargo sled and its load away from the ramp of a C-141C Starlifter from Christchurch, New Zealand. The aircraft is parked on the Ross Ice Shelf near McMurdo Station in Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001

MASTER Sergeant Lonnie Kimball, a loadmaster with the 730th Airlift Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, California, places dunnage support under the ramp of a C-141C Starlifter from Christchurch, New Zealand. The support will keep the ramp level as loads are passed over it. The aircraft is parked on the Ross Ice Shelf near McMurdo Station in Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001

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Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2001

Base: Mcmurdo Station

Country: Antarctica (ATA)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Kim M. Allain, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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16/10/2001
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