A Lockheed LC-130H from the 109th Airlift Squadron, New York Air National Guard warming up on the ramp at Christchurch, New Zealand prior to departing to the South Pole in support of Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001. The LC-130H is part of the resupply mission to McMurdo Station at Ross Island in Antarctica and other locations, including the Amundsen-Scott station at the South Pole. It is equipped with skis and can operate on the Antarctic snow pack
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2001
Base: Christchurch
State: Canterbury
Country: New Zealand (NZL)
Scene Major Command Shown: ANG
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Joe Cupido, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
03/11/2001
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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