Senator Henry M. Jackson talking with Lt. Col. Dewey R. Bridges and Cdr. William A. Lewiston about preparations to air drop a nine-ton tractor near South Pole Station, October 14, 1959

• 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; Jackson; Henry M. (Henry Martin); 1912-1983; Bridges; Dewey R.; Lewiston; William A.; Col d weather clothing > Antarctica; McMurdo Sound; South Pole; Byrd; Dewey; Scott Base; Hallett; Byrd Station; Hallett Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/jackson/id/527

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, McMurdo...