View of men standing on the ice pack with the ship, Boxer, in the background near Wainwright, Alaska. From verso: "Boxer against ice pack about 25 miles off Wainright in 1931. Note hose over bow getting fresh water." 1931. Original photograph size:...
Title taken from verso. View of Glenn H. Bowersox in a fur parka standing on the ice pack next to the bow of the ship, Boxer, in northern Alaska. Lettering on the bow of the ship reads: "G5432." 1931. Original photograph size: 2" x 2.75".
Title taken from verso. Full portside view of the ship, Boxer, aground on a sand spit near Ugashik Bay, Alaska. Also from verso: "The sand spit we were on was the only visible land for 10 miles around." 1935. Original photograph size: 2.75" x 4.5".
Title taken from verso. View of Glenn H. Bowersox standing on the snow covered deck of the ship, Boxer, in the Bering Strait. 1931. Original photograph size: 2.75" x 4.5".
Title taken from verso. View of the starboard rear of the ship, Boxer, covered in ice, with several men in parkas standing on the deck looking over the side. 1931. Original photograph size: 2.75" x 4.5".
Title from caption with negative A former Naval Academy training vessel, the BOXER was transferred to the Department of the Interior in 1920 for use by the Bureau of Education in Alaska.
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...