The sail of the nuclear-powered submarine USS TREPANG (SSN-674) protrudes from the ice near Ice Camp Opal, one of three research stations established on the polar ice cap during the Arctic Research and Environmental Acoustic (AREA) program. AREA '85 is a Navy-sponsored expedition to study oceanography, acoustics, geophysics, communications and submarine warfare in the polar environment. Crew members are removing ice from one of the ship's hatches
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: AREA '85
Country: Arctic
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 David B. Loveall
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
05/07/1985
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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