The face of flight engineer SSGT Silas R. Still, from the 8th Airlift Squadron (AS), McChord Air Force Base, Washington, is surrounded with a fur lined parka hood to protect him against the harsh Antarctic weather after his C-141B arrived at the base. The 8th AS men and equipment are participating in the joint, U.S. Armed Forces and New Zealand Defense Force, military operation which provides logistic support to the U.S. National Science Foundation's Program on Antarctica
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE
Base: Christchurch
State: Canterbury
Country: New Zealand (NZL)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Richard Kaminski
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
11/10/1997
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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