The Calvin Larsen Papers, dated 1956-1958 and 2000, contain materials related to Calvin Larsen's time as a United States Navy photographer assigned to cover Operation Deep Freeze II begining in 1956, and the International Geophysical Year in Antarctica from 1957-1958. These materials include a set of 172 numbered and labeled 35mm Kodachrome slides taken by Larsen while in Antarctica in 1956-1957, and several magazines where his photographs of Antarctica were published. Also included is an audio recording of an oral history interview with Larsen from 2000. This oral history is from a series of polar oral histories sponsored by the American Polar Society and Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program. A transcript of the interview is included in addition to the audio recording.

The Cliff Dickey Papers, dated 2007, contain a compact disc with photographs Cliff Dickey took while he served as an electronics technician at the Amundsen Scott South Pole Station during Operation Deep Freeze II (1956-1957). The images feature the equipment and supplies used during the operation, the Antarctic landscape, interior rooms at the station, and Dickey and other expedition members socializing and playing games. The photographs were originally taken in 1957. This collection also includes a paper copy of the images that are on the compact disc, and Dickey wrote captions under each image in order to identify the names of people, equipment, and buildings. Weather data sheets are also included amongst the images.