(Antarctic Exploration) Photograph Album Archive for Operation Deep Freeze, Task Force 43, 1956-57 with Two Metal Ashtrays and Deck of Playing Cards

Antarctica: No Publisher, 1971. Book. Very Good. Ring Bound. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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 (truncated) 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.. (Inventory #: 009935)