Cmdr. Melville J. Walters Jr. Operation Deep Freeze III Antarctic Research Collection

• Main Authors: Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections and University Archives., Jones, Marta L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Archive 2008
• Subjects: Nelson Poynter Memorial Library > Catalogs; Florida > Archival resources; Archives > Florida > Catalogs; Discoveries in geography > History > 20th century; Antarctica; Marine Science and Ichthyology Provenance; Archival Science; Library and Information Science; Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; Poynter; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://digital.stpetersburg.usf.edu/scua_finding_aid_all/77; https://digital.stpetersburg.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1076&context=scua_finding_aid_all

Commander Melville J. Walters was born in Washington D.C. and joined the Navy in 1943; between 1957 and 1958, during what was known as the International Geophysical Year, Walters was a supply officer at the McMurdo Naval Air Facility in the Antarctica. The McMurdo Sound Naval base, along with other...