CGC Northwind - Antarctic: Deep Freeze II. Robert R. Alexander, Chief Radioman from the Coast Guard icebreaker Northwind never had to shovel anything like this back home at 9615 Roosevelt Way, Seattle, Washington. Here he examines the 150-foot high face of Barne Glacier sprawled menacingly at the foot of Mt. Erebus at McMurdo Sound, Antarctic. On a leg stretching hike like this Robert did not dare wander too far because of the danger of crevasses and breaking ice. At this time the Northwind was moored at McMurdo Sound five miles from Williams Air Operations Facility during Operation Deep
CGC Northwind - Antarctic: Deep Freeze II. Robert R. Alexander, Chief Radioman from the Coast Guard icebreaker Northwind never had to shovel anything like this back home at 9615 Roosevelt Way, Seattle, Washington. Here he examines the 150-foot high face of Barne Glacier sprawled menacingly at the foot of Mt. Erebus at McMurdo Sound, Antarctic. On a leg stretching hike like this Robert did not dare wander too far because of the danger of crevasses and breaking ice. At this time the Northwind was moored at McMurdo Sound five miles from Williams Air Operations Facility during Operation Deep Freeze II. (Operation Deep Freeze II - November 1956 - April 1957).
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