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I have gotten a few of these without really focusing on the subject. Mostly they came in groups of patches that contained something else I was after.

 

please post your own also!

 

AIRDEVRON 6

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AIRDEVRON 6 Puckered Penguins

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USN Antarctic Support Activities

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USS Arneb AKA 56 Deep freeze patch

The Arneb made a few supply trips and was stuck in the ice more than once

 

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USS Staten Island AGB 5 ICE Breaker Trips to both the Antarctic and the Arctic served with both the USN

and later in the USCG

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Salvage Sailor

Same here, wasn't trying to collect them but they came along with other groups

 

First, a taste of the far northern climes of the Arctic, then we'll head south

 

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NAVAL ARCTIC RESEARCH LABORATORY (NARL), Barrow Alaska, established in 1947

 

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United States Antarctic Inspection Team 1971

keeping everyone honest and the ice demilitarized

 

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The American/New Zealand supply chain

 

US NAVAL SUPPORT FORCE ANTARCTICA

OPERATION DEEP FREEZE

Terminal Operations

USN, NZA, USCG, USA, RNZAF

 

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SEABEES Public Works Department - McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Seabees Supporting Science

Operation Deep Freeze

 

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USN Deep Freeze Tabs NSF ANTARCTICA

 

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Hash House Harrier Antarctica (look it up)

 

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"A drinking club with a running problem"

 

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.....and the running club with a drinking problem

 

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Antarctic Jogging Association

 

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50 Miles Snow Plodders & 200 Miles Super Striders

 

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I'm missing the 100 Miles Penguin Pacers

 

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pardon the fuzzy photos, not drinking, just don't have my tripod set up

 

 

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heading back up North......and when there's a problem, who ya gonna call?

 

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USCG Aviation Detachment 156

at Arctic West 2002

ZZZZZ....."If we ain't rackin, we're medevacin"

 

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Salvage Sailor

These were already posted by Bearmon......

 

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My old U.S. NAVAL ANTARCTIC SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

 

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and the newer (name changed) U.S. NAVAL SUPPORT FORCE ANTARCTICA

 

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NMCB UNIT 201 Construction For Peace

has different wings from Bearmon's example

 

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This is a very nice new 6" USCG patch for you folks to seek out

THE WORLD OVER

25 YEARS OF POLAR EXPLORATION

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USCG Commemoration of exploration on both poles - Antarctica, Greenland, Icebreakers Polar Star and Polar Sea, Avdet Helo's and both medals depicted

 

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Naval Support Force Antarctica - Communications and Electronics

 

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Mc Murdo Antarctica Supply Support Group

NSGA and the Puckered Penguins of VXE-6

Operation Deep Freeze Support For Science

 

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USS GLACIER (AGB-4) Thule Greenland and points North

Operation SUNEC Summer 1958 (SUpport of the North East Command i.e. the resupply of North Polar radar and weather stations)

 

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....bit chilly out there

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USS GLACIER (AGB-4) DEEP FREEZE 1958

 

In the same year she conducted Deep Freeze ops, she was also deployed to the Arctic to resupply the North Pole radar stations north of Greenland in Operation Sunec, giving her deployments in both polar regions in 1958

 

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I'm still looking for that one.....

 

Icebreaker USS ATKA (AGB-3) In USN service 1950 to 1966, her usual patch, used and shrunken, and an error patch

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Icebreaker USS STATEN ISLAND (AGB-5) From the deck jacket of a crewman who was on Deep Freeze 1962-1963

 

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This is the typical two-piece construction STATEN ISLAND deep freeze patch we see, this one being a well worn patch removed from a USN deck jacket

 

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They were also used with just the backing and illustrated individually. This one is also removed from the same deck jacket

Deep Freeze 62' 63' - On this expedition the STATEN ISLAND lost their Captain in a helicopter crash along with the pilot. Their remains were not recovered.

 

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One piece patch on the left, two piece on the right

 

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I hope you don't mind me adding one that I picked up today - This is my first "Polar" patch - this could be my next addiction

 

Bill

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