U.S. Navy Operation Highjump

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:baseEstablished gptkb:Little_America_IV
gptkbp:casualties 3 fatalities
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Richard_E._Byrd
gptkbp:endDate 1947-02-1947
gptkbp:flightNumber 33
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. Navy Operation Highjump
gptkbp:legacy advanced polar exploration techniques
contributed to Antarctic Treaty System
provided scientific data on Antarctica
gptkbp:location gptkb:Antarctica
gptkbp:mediaCoverage documented in newsreels and reports
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Douglas_R4D_Skytrain
gptkb:Curtiss_SOC_Seagull
gptkb:Sikorsky_HO3S-1_helicopter
gptkb:Consolidated_PBY_Catalina
gptkbp:notableEvent extensive aerial mapping of Antarctica
Bunger Hills discovered
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Captain_George_J._Dufek
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_David_E._Bunger
gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Richard_H._Cruzen
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:USS_Mount_Olympus
gptkb:USS_Sennet
gptkb:USS_Burton_Island
gptkb:USS_Cacapon
gptkb:USS_Canisteo
gptkb:USS_Currituck
gptkb:USS_Edisto
gptkb:USS_Henderson
gptkb:USS_Merrick
gptkb:USS_Pine_Island
gptkb:USS_Yancey
gptkb:USS_Brownson
USS Philippine Sea
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees over 4,700
gptkbp:numberOfShips 13
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:The_United_States_Navy_Antarctic_Developments_Program,_1946–47
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:purpose train personnel and test equipment in frigid conditions
develop techniques for establishing, maintaining, and utilizing air bases on ice
establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV
amplify existing knowledge of hydrographic, geographic, geological, meteorological, and electromagnetic propagation conditions in the area
determine the feasibility of establishing, maintaining, and utilizing bases in the Antarctic and to investigate possible base sites
consolidate and extend U.S. sovereignty over the largest practicable area of the Antarctic continent
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Operation_Deep_Freeze
gptkb:Little_America_IV
gptkb:Operation_Windmill
gptkb:Richard_E._Byrd
gptkbp:startDate 1946-08-26
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Totten_Glacier
gptkb:Teal_Island
gptkb:Ramage_Island
gptkb:LeRoy_Island
gptkb:Sekula_Island
gptkb:Mawson_Peninsula
gptkb:Nason_Island
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6