Tractor traverse party Ross ice shelf

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Tractor traverse party Ross ice shelf


Identifier: 
MCMEH-P001350
Creator: 
Tilley, AB
Place: 
Ross Ice Shelf
Associated Place: 
Marble Point
McMurdo Sound
People: 
Havola, Antero
Academic Field: 
General
Other: 
Operation Deep Freeze 61
Season: 
1960-61
Description: 
D-9 tractor traverse party led by Major Antero Havola U.S. Army across the dangerous Ross Ice Shelf between Marble Point and NAF McMurdo Sound Antarctica. The D-9s are the largest tractor ever used on the Antarctic continent. They weigh approximately 40 tons each.
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Digitization Specifications: 
Unknown
Contributor: 
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Type: 
Photograph
Country: 
United States
Language: 
English
Relation: 
N/A
Source: 
N/A
Publisher: 
U.S. National Science Foundation
Bibliographic Citation: 
N/A
Rights: 
Public Domain.