Preparing for takeoff, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Whitton, a flight engineer on a C-141B Starlifter from the 8th Airlift Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington, checks his fuel load for the mission ahead to Anarctica. SSGT Whitton and the rest of his crew are taking part in Operation DEEP FREEZE '98 by airlifting cargo and personnel from the National Science Foundation to the frigid barriers of the South Pole
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
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
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
12/10/1998
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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