Operation Deep Freeze – I** -Color Photo Collection*
**(Limited railroad content)
*Now
available as a direct download via Dropbox! See main NMRO Products page for
details.
New from the NMRO archives comes 445 digital reproductions of color slides from the camera of the late Douglas E. Whitney.
USS Edisto - GB2 - heads west through the Panama Canal toward the Pacific.
The Operation Deep Freeze - I collection is now made possible through the inexpensive means of digital reproduction. Rather than spending thousands of dollars on individual photographs, this collection comes to you on affordable CD media. As always, NMRO products are free to use without restriction except for proper crediting of its source.
Pollywogs get turned into shellbacks as they pass the equator. ___________ ___________Unloading equipment on the Ross ice shelf.________
The Operation Deep Freeze - I collection covers the time period from 1955 through 1956. The majority of the CD covers the journey aboard the USS Edisto - GB2 from Massachusetts to Antarctica and return as well as several ports of call along the way.
Holy tuxedoes, Batman!! It's the penguins!!! ___________ _______________________ Mount Erebus - an Antarctic active volcano. ___
The Edisto sits in the midst of the ice shelf.____________ __________A classic Navy helecopter passes by the Edisto.
The Edisto sits in drydock in New Zealand for repairs on the voyage home.
Please note: For the railroad enthusiast, there are a limited number of views showing Panama Canal operations and rail activity as well as a couple near port in New Zealand.
