Senator Henry M. Jackson and Lt. Col. William J. Gammon, of Tacoma, posing with a Washington (State) flag next to a nine-ton tractor that will be air dropped to the South Pole Station, October 20, 1959

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, McMurdo Sound and South Pole...

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Main Author: United States. Navy
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Subjects:
Legislators > United States
Military officers > American > Antarctica
State flags
Jackson
Henry M. (Henry Martin)
1912-1983
Gammon
William J
McMurdo Sound
South Pole
Byrd
Scott Base
Hallett
Byrd Station
Hallett Station
Antarc*
Antarctica
South pole
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:jackson/520 2023-05-15T13:48:42+02:00 Senator Henry M. Jackson and Lt. Col. William J. Gammon, of Tacoma, posing with a Washington (State) flag next to a nine-ton tractor that will be air dropped to the South Pole Station, October 20, 1959 United States. Navy University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Antarctica--McMurdo Sound Silver gelatin, b/w 8 x 10 in. Scanned from a photographic print or color slide using a Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL at 100-250 dpi in JPEG format, saved at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2007. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/jackson/id/520 unknown Henry M. Jackson Collection UW27899 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/jackson/id/520 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Henry M. Jackson papers. Accession no. 3560-31, Box 4/13 Legislators--United States Military officers--American--Antarctica State flags Jackson Henry M. (Henry Martin) 1912-1983 Gammon William J Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:45:34Z 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, McMurdo Sound and South Pole Station, among other duties. Jackson visited McMurdo Sound, New Zealand's Scott Base, South Pole Station and other areas between stations. One of the highlights of Jackson's trip was flying with the crew of a C-124 Globemaster during the air drop of a nine-ton tractor to South Pole Station. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctica McMurdo Sound South pole South pole University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections McMurdo Sound South Pole Byrd Scott Base ENVELOPE(166.766,166.766,-77.849,-77.849) Hallett ENVELOPE(170.217,170.217,-72.317,-72.317) Byrd Station ENVELOPE(-119.533,-119.533,-80.017,-80.017) Hallett Station ENVELOPE(170.300,170.300,-72.300,-72.300)
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topic Legislators--United States
Military officers--American--Antarctica
State flags
Jackson
Henry M. (Henry Martin)
1912-1983
Gammon
William J
spellingShingle Legislators--United States
Military officers--American--Antarctica
State flags
Jackson
Henry M. (Henry Martin)
1912-1983
Gammon
William J
United States. Navy
Senator Henry M. Jackson and Lt. Col. William J. Gammon, of Tacoma, posing with a Washington (State) flag next to a nine-ton tractor that will be air dropped to the South Pole Station, October 20, 1959
topic_facet Legislators--United States
Military officers--American--Antarctica
State flags
Jackson
Henry M. (Henry Martin)
1912-1983
Gammon
William J
description 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, McMurdo Sound and South Pole Station, among other duties. Jackson visited McMurdo Sound, New Zealand's Scott Base, South Pole Station and other areas between stations. One of the highlights of Jackson's trip was flying with the crew of a C-124 Globemaster during the air drop of a nine-ton tractor to South Pole Station.
author2 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
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author United States. Navy
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author_sort United States. Navy
title Senator Henry M. Jackson and Lt. Col. William J. Gammon, of Tacoma, posing with a Washington (State) flag next to a nine-ton tractor that will be air dropped to the South Pole Station, October 20, 1959
title_short Senator Henry M. Jackson and Lt. Col. William J. Gammon, of Tacoma, posing with a Washington (State) flag next to a nine-ton tractor that will be air dropped to the South Pole Station, October 20, 1959
title_full Senator Henry M. Jackson and Lt. Col. William J. Gammon, of Tacoma, posing with a Washington (State) flag next to a nine-ton tractor that will be air dropped to the South Pole Station, October 20, 1959
title_fullStr Senator Henry M. Jackson and Lt. Col. William J. Gammon, of Tacoma, posing with a Washington (State) flag next to a nine-ton tractor that will be air dropped to the South Pole Station, October 20, 1959
title_full_unstemmed Senator Henry M. Jackson and Lt. Col. William J. Gammon, of Tacoma, posing with a Washington (State) flag next to a nine-ton tractor that will be air dropped to the South Pole Station, October 20, 1959
title_sort senator henry m. jackson and lt. col. william j. gammon, of tacoma, posing with a washington (state) flag next to a nine-ton tractor that will be air dropped to the south pole station, october 20, 1959
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ENVELOPE(170.217,170.217,-72.317,-72.317)
ENVELOPE(-119.533,-119.533,-80.017,-80.017)
ENVELOPE(170.300,170.300,-72.300,-72.300)
geographic McMurdo Sound
South Pole
Byrd
Scott Base
Hallett
Byrd Station
Hallett Station
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South Pole
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Scott Base
Hallett
Byrd Station
Hallett Station
genre Antarc*
Antarctica
McMurdo Sound
South pole
South pole
genre_facet Antarc*
Antarctica
McMurdo Sound
South pole
South pole
op_source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Henry M. Jackson papers. Accession no. 3560-31, Box 4/13
op_relation Henry M. Jackson Collection
UW27899
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/jackson/id/520
op_rights For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
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