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Members of the National Science Foundation (NSF) offload a C-141B Starlifter from the 8th Airlift Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington, during Operation DEEP FREEZE '98. DEEP FREEZE is the airlift of personnel and cargo from the NSF, Christchurch, New Zealand, to McMurdo Sound Base, Antarctica

Members of the National Science Foundation (NSF) offload a C-141B Starlifter from the 8th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, during Operation DEEP FREEZE '98. DEEP FREEZE is the airlift of personnel and cargo from the National Science Foundation (NSF) from Christchurch, New Zealand, to McMurdo Sound Base, Antarctica

A personnel transport awaits the offload of National Science Foundation (NSF) members from a C-141B Starlifter from McChord AFB, Washington, during Operation DEEP FREEZE '98. DEEP FREEZE is an operation in which the US Air Force airlifts personnel and cargo of the NSF, who study the subzero wildlife of Antarctica, from Christchurch, New Zealand to Antarctica

A C-141B Starlifter from the 8th Airlift Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington, taxis down an ice runway at McMurdo Sound Base, Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE '98. DEEP FREEZE is an operation in which the US Air Force airlifts personnel and cargo of the National Science Foundation (NSF), doing reserch of Antarctica, from Christchurch, New Zealand, to Antarctica

A C-141B Starlifter is uploaded with 463L palletized National Science Foundation (NSF) equipment and supplies at Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand during Operation DEEP FREEZE '98. The Starlifter is one of three aircrafts used to transport cargo and personnel from the NSF to McMurdo Sound Base, Antarctica, for research of the frigid South Pole

Members of the National Science Foundation (NSF) load a C-141B Starlifter, from 8th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, at Christchurch, New Zealand, on their way to McMurdo Sound Base, Antarctica, during DEEP FREEZE '98. The NSF members are a group of volunteers ranging from biological scientists to mail administers who spend five to fifteen months studying Antarctic life. The US Air Force is their primary way of making it to the "Ice."

Members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force load a 463L pallet of supplies on a C-141B Starlifter from the 8th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Washington. The cargo is supplies for the National Science Foundation (NSF) who for five to fifteen months study Antarctic life at frigid South Pole. The airlift of personnel and cargo to Antarctica is known as Operation DEEP FREEZE '98

After landing at McMurdo Sound Base, Antarctica, STAFF Sergeant Mike Whitton, a flight engineer for the 8th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, reflects on his first successful mission to the "Ice". Sergeant Whitton and the rest of his C-141B crew are transporting personnel and supplies from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Christchurch, New Zealand, to Antarctica during Operation DEEP FREEZE '98

Air cargo personnel with the New Zealand Air Force and Navy work together to load pallets onto a C-141C Starlifter. The Starlifter will transport the cargo load from Christchurch, New Zealand, to McMurdo Station in Antarctica during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001

Members of the National Science Foundation (NSF) offload a C-141B Starlifter from the 8th Airlift Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington, during Operation DEEP FREEZE '98. DEEP FREEZE is the airlift of personnel and cargo from the NSF, Christchurch, New Zealand, to McMurdo Sound Base, Antarctica

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Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE '98

State: Mcmurdo Sound

Country: Antarctica (ATA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jerry Morrison Jr., USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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label_outline Explore Mcmurdo Sound Base, Mcmurdo Sound, Sra Jerry Morrison

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

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Snapp a mortarman

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

Winter Over personnel walk across the ice to board the C-141C Starlifter that will transport them from McMurdo Station in Antarctica to Christchurch, New Zealand, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001

Supplies for the Navy team repairing an LC-130 Hercules aircraft which crashed in 1971 while on a National Science Foundation mission, are unloaded from an LC-130 of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6). After 3 months of work by the team, the Foundation's LC-130 was able to fly out from the crash site on January 10, 1988

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

Scientists and VIP's from around the world board a Lockheed C-141C Starlifter from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing based at March Air Reserve Base, in California in support of Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001 at Christchurch, New Zealand. The operation is in support of resupply missions to and from McMurdo station in Antarctica

National Science Foundation members say goodbye on the Pegasus runway to those who are staying to winter over at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, in support of Operation DEEP FREEZE. Deep Freeze is a joint military operation of the US armed forces and the New Zealand Defence Forces, to provide logistic support for the US National Science Foundation's Antarctic program

US Army MIM-104 Patriot Missile M-109 launcher trailers, from Alpha Battery, 1ST Battalion, 1ST Air Defense Artillery, 31st ADA Brigade, Fort Bliss, Texas, are setup to receive launcher canisters, Base Camp McGregor Missile Range. The Patriot missiles will be used for air defense during Exercise ROVING SANDS '97, 18 April 1997.(Duplicate image, see also DD-SD-01-04270 or search 970418-F-6655M-101)

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