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
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE '98
Base: Christchurch
State: Canterbury
Country: New Zealand (NZL)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jerry Morrison, Jr., USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
09/10/1998
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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