Operation Windmill
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Activities in Antarctica During the 20th Century |
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International agreements | |
Antarctic Treaty System | |
British Commonwealth activities | |
Scott's 1st expedition (1901-04) | |
Shackleton's 1st expedition (1907-09) | |
Scott's 2nd expedition (1910-13) | |
Shackleton's 2nd expedition (1914-17) | |
Shackleton's 3rd expedition (1921-22) | |
Mawson's expedition (1929-31) | |
The Graham Land Expedition (1934-37) | |
Operation Tabarin (1943-45) | |
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (Fuchs-Hillary) (1955-58) |
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French activities | |
Charcot's 1st expedition (1903-05) | |
Charcot's 2nd expedition (1908-10) | |
German activities | |
Drygalski's expedition (1901-03) | |
Filchner's expedition (1911-12) | |
The New Swabia Expedition (1938-39) | |
Norwegian activities | |
Amundsen's expedition (1910-12) | |
U.S. activities | |
Operation Highjump (1946-47) | |
Operation Windmill (1947-48) | |
Ronne's expedition (1947-48) | |
Operation Deep Freeze (1955-56) |
Operation Windmill (OpWml) was a U.S. Navy exploration and training mission to Antarctica in 1947-1948. This operation was a follow up to the First Antarctic Development Project which was called Operation Highjump.