Senator Henry M. Jackson looking at the carcass of a dog and a wooden case marked "Capt. Scotts Expedition of 1910, Shell Oil" at Cape Evans, where Captain Robert Falcon Scott of the British Royal Navy began his expedition to the South Pole, October 16, 1959

• Main Author: United States. Navy
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
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• Subjects: Legislator > United States; Jackson; Henry M. (Henry Martin); 1912-1983; Cold weather clothing > Antarctica > Cape Evans; Dogs > Carcasses; McMurdo Sound; South Pole; Byrd; Scott Base; Hallett; Byrd Station; Cape Evans; Hallett Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
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Note stamped on verso. Senator Henry M. Jackson spent a week in Antarctica in October 1959 as part of Operation Deep Freeze 60, which was a support program for U.S. scientific research efforts. The program was responsible for bringing in and dropping supplies to Byrd Station, Hallett Station, McMurd...