Seabee Cruise Book, Operation Deep Freeze I, 1955-56 Task Force 43

by Kenneth E. Bingham and U.S. Department of the Navy

OPERATION DEEPFREEZE was planned in two stages. OPERATION DEEPFREEZE I, in 1955-56 was designed to build an airfield at McMurdo Sound. Another base was to be built near Little America in the Bay of Whales. Seven ships and 1800 men participated in the first year.OPERATION DEEPFREEZE II, in 1956-57, was intended to build a permanent station at the South Pole along with establishment of three other IGY stations...Byrd station in Marie Byrd Land, Wilkes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479332828
• ISBN13: 9781479332823
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 8.5"