(Antarctic Exploration) Photograph Album Archive for Operation Deep Freeze, Task Force 43, 1956-57 with Two Metal Ashtrays and Deck of Playing Cards
by Unknown US Navy Sailor
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Antarctica: No Publisher, 1971. No dates, circa 1956-1971. No author and no writing of any kind. Archive includes one deck of playing cards titled Operation Deep Freeze Task Force 43, two metal ashtrays, one 4 1/2" dia. and the other 7 1/4" dia., both engraved "U.S. Naval Antarctic Support Activities; and an American United Life Annual Report three ring binder containing 24 pp. with 85 black and white photographs, three- 8" x 10"; two - 5" x 7", and 80 4 7/8" x 3 1/2", and 6 blank pages. One 8 x 10 photograph features a Lockheed C-121J Willie Victor (BuNo 131624) Phoenix 6 aircraft, which was retired following "Deep Freeze '71" in March 1971, and which was not listed on the active duty resume for Deep Freeze operations in its early stages in the late 1950s.So likely the photographs were taken on the 1970-71 expeditions. Subjects of the photographs include equipment and aircraft, personnel, landscapes, both on the ground and aerial, and a great 8 x 10 of a husky sled dog. A unique slice of Antarctic exploration history. . Ring Bound. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009935
- Title
- (Antarctic Exploration) Photograph Album Archive for Operation Deep Freeze, Task Force 43, 1956-57 with Two Metal Ashtrays and Deck of Playing Cards
- Author
- Unknown US Navy Sailor
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- No Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Antarctica
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Bloomington, Indiana
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