HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY PARTICIPATION IN OPERATION DEEP FREEZE

• Main Author: Wagner JR., Dale
• Other Authors: Pappas, Nicholas
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Operation Deep Freeze; Antarctica; U.S. Navy; Seabees; U.S. Air Force; U.S. Army; U.S. Marine Corps; U.S. Coast Guard; International Geophysical Year; Rear Admiral George Dufek; South Pole; Paul Siple; Admiral Richard Byrd; Byrd; Siple; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/2358

In 1955, the longest non-combat military operation in United States history began; it continues to this day. Operation Deep Freeze began in support of the then upcoming International Geophysical Year (IGY), but it went beyond when the U.S. government used it to test equipment and procedures in real...