The impetus behind Operation Deep Freeze I was the International Geophysical Year 1957–58. IGY, as it was known, was a collaboration effort between forty nations to carry out earth science studies from the North Pole to the South Pole and at points in between. The United States, along with Great Britain, France, Japan, Norway, Chile, Argentina, and the U.S.S.R. agreed to go to the South Pole—the least explored area on Earth. Their goal was to advance world knowledge of Antarctic hydrography and weather systems, glacial movements, and marine life. The U.S. Navy was charged with supporting the U.S. scientists for their portion of the IGY studies.

I posted this for Bill because in his reply to Doug "Cigarman" Smith's Question #1 (What do you collect? Bill replied that he had an interest in Navy Zippos. I picked this little gem up several years ago and while I don't collect Zippos, it did strike my fancy! I was simply showing it to Bill, who probably has a better insight to where this bcame from, than my poking around the internet via a Google search for: "Antartica "Operation Deep Freeze""

I know that Zippos can be dated based on the way the base appears, which is why I included it in my composite scan.

Bill?... You there?

Jim