PA.2018.0010: George A. Lewis, 2008 April
[identification of item], George A. Lewis Caption List and DVD for Film and Slides of Tunnel Building at the New Byrd Station in Antarctica from 1960-1961, SPEC.PA.56.5022, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, Ohio State University
Contains a DVD.
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Processed by: Karen Glenn, 2018 September; Finding aid written by: Karen Glenn, 2018 September
George A. Lewis was born in Tarrytown, New York in 1937. As a United States Navy member, he served in California, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Antarctica. During Operation Deep Freeze 61, Lewis was sent to Antarctica, where he worked with Task Force 43 to establish a permanent base to support scientists in polar research. The first permanent American station established at the South Pole, called "Old Byrd," only lasted four years before collapsing, so a New Byrd underground station was constructed beginning in 1960. It was later known as the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
The George A. Lewis Caption List and DVD for Film and Slides of Tunnel Building at the New Byrd Station in Antarctica from 1960-1961 contains a DVD of digitized 8mm film footage and 35mm slides that show the building of tunnels at the New Byrd Station in Antarctica. The film and slides were taken from November 1960 to March 1961, during Operation Deep Freeze 61. The collection also contains a printed list of captions for the slides listed in the order they are shown on the DVD. Collection materials are dated circa 2008.