View looking east from White Alice communications site at Nikolski, Alaska, with debris at left. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air Force telecommunication link system constructed in Alaska during the Cold War....
View of White Alice communications site and access road, Nikolski, Alaska. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air Force telecommunication link system constructed in Alaska during the Cold War. From slide mount:...
Title taken from caption. Men on the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ariadne wait in the "lee of Ananolak Island" (i.e. Anangula Island or Ananiuliak Island) for safe passage to Nikolski. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian...
View of Nikolski. Russian Orthodox church to the right. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the village of Nikolski. The Russian Orthodox church is the tall building on the far right of the image. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of four of the expedition members in the school at Nikolski. The expedition used the school for living quarters. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
Title taken from caption. View of the interior of the school at Nikolski which expedition members used as their quarters. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Father Kochergin poses in the Russian Orthodox church in Nikolski. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the Russian Orthodox church at Nikolski village. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title from image caption As early as 1775, Russian Orthodox Churches were built in nearly every Alaskan village under Russian influence; artist Sam McClain, painting from old photographs, drawings, or other likenesses, produced 106 watercolors...
Title taken from caption. View of the harbor at Nikolski. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.