Jack C. Zahn Equipment and Artifacts Used During McMurdo-South Pole Traverse
SPEC.PA.56.0240
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
15.55 Cubic feet
1960-1963 January
Jack C. Zahn (1932-2015) graduated from Ohio State University in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science in Geology and a Master of Science in Geology with a speciality in geophysics in 1965. Zahn participated in the South Pole Traverse from 1960 to 1961. He and the team made measurements of the surface elevation, ice thickness, and magnetic fields. The Jack C. Zahn Equipment and Artifacts Used During McMurdo-South Pole Traverse collection contains artifacts and equpiment used during Zahn's 1960 to 1961 expedition to the South Pole. Material is dated 1960-1963 January.
(12) flat boxes; (6) costume boxes; (2) rolled items; (1) 5" letter document box; (1) oversize folder
English
Zahn, Jack C.
Arrangement of Materials
Materials in the collection are arranged in chronological order, then alphabetically by item title with the same date.
Acquisitions Information
Accession No. PA.2024.0013: Sabra Zahn, Ian Zahn, Jana Stenbeck, 2023 January
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Jack C. Zahn Equipment and Artifacts Used During McMurdo-South Pole Traverse, SPEC.PA.56.0240, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, Ohio State University
Access to Materials
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Processing Information
Processed by: Casey Blackmore, 2024 November; Finding aid written by: Casey Blackmore, 2024 November.
Biographical Note
Jack C. Zahn (1932-2015) graduated from Ohio State University in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science in Geology and a Master of Science in Geology with a speciality in geophysics in 1965. From 1962 to 1965, Zahn was employed as a consultant geophysicist with George H. Mayhew and Associates in Powell, Ohio. Zahn also worked for Ohio State University from 1963 to 1965 in the Engineering Experiment Station. He conducted research on the evaluation of geophysical tools and techniques used to solve engineering problems.
Zahn participated in the McMurdo to South Pole American expedition from 1960 to 1961 with the United States Antarctic Research Program. He and the team made measurements of the surface elevation, ice thickness, and magnetic fields. Other tasks assigned during the expedition included taking gravity readings, logging surface characteristics and making surface meteorological observations.
The South Pole Traverse is a 995-mile-long route over snow and ice in Antarctica that links McMurdo Station on the coast to the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. The route was created by compacting snow and filling in crevasses.
Scope and Contents
The Jack C. Zahn Equipment and Artifacts Used During McMurdo-South Pole Traverse collection includes clothing Zahn wore during the traverse including outwear, boots, and mittens, several bags used to carry items, a pair of sunglasses, photographs, and other ephemera. Material is dated 1960 to 1963 January.
McMurdo-South Pole Traverse (1960-1961)
United States Antarctic Research Program
Zahn, Jack C.
Duffel bags
Footwear
Geophysicists--United States--20th century
Glaciologists--United States--20th century
Glaciology--Research--Antarctica--20th century
McMurdo Station (Antarctica)
Mittens (handwear)
Outerwear
Printed ephemera
Scientific expeditions--Antarctica--Equipment and supplies--20th century
Snow pants
Socks
South Pole--Discovery and exploration--American--20th century
Boot liners, large
1
1960-1961
Boot liners, large second set
2
1960-1961
Boot liner, small
3
1960-1961
Boot liners, small second set
4
1960-1961
Boots with laces
5
1960-1961
Carrying bag
6
1960-1961
Duffle bag
7
1960-1961
Flag set
8
1960-1961
Green pants
10
1960-1961
Green pants with suspenders
10
1960-1961
Inside filling coat
11
1960-1961
Long johns, shirt and pants
12
1960-1961
Outside coat
14
1960-1961
Ray Ban perscription sunglasses
13
2
1960-1961
Russian notebook
15
1960-1961
Set of outdoor mittens
16
1960-1961
Sleeping bag
1
1960-1961
Sleeping bag liner
2
1960-1961
Snow photographs
9
1
1960-1961
Snow and mountain photograh
Flat items 3
1960-1961
Snow tracks photographs
9
2
1960-1961
Socks, beige color
17
1960-1961
Socks, gray with red tops
18
1960-1961
Socks, gray color
19
1960-1961
Solo of Zahn with different exposure photograph
9
3-8
1960-1961
United States flag picture
9
9
1960-1961
Vehicles used by crew picture
9
10
1960-1961
Zippo lighter
13
3
1960-1961
Newspaper clippings
9
12
1960-1962
McMurdo-Pole traverse map
9
11
10 December 1960
McMurdo Station arc patch
13
1
1961
Operation Deepfreeze book
9
13
1961
Precambrian geology of Antarctica course syllabus
9
14
1962
Reconnaisance of Sukkertoppen Ice cap and adjacent Tasersiaq Area, southwest Greenland report
9
15
1962 October
Glaciological Studies on the McMurdo-South pole Traverse report
9
16
1963 January