Map annotated by George Hubert Wilkins with flight paths and notes for expeditions including the 1927 Stinson biplane mishap that forced Wilkins and Eielson to walk across the ice to Beechey Point, the Wilkins-Eielson 1928 route, the Wilkins Flying...
Includes rivers, mountain barriers, railroad routes and coal fields with key. Includes inset map of Aleutian Islands. Includes delineation of southern limit of winter ice. "Plate 1." "House Doc. 1346; 62d Cng., 3d Sess." Map of 19 x 27 cm....
Title from verso. Alternate title from cataloger's notes is: "Lee Loomis on the ice with a group of native children at Bethel, Alaska, Aug. 1915." Image shows a man in a hat, suit jacket and boots standing on the ice with eleven Alaskan...
Title taken from sign in front. Group of people pose in front of W. Butts' ice cream parlor called the Elite Candy Kitchen in Seward, Alaska. Some of the men in the picture are identified as Claud Mathison (second man from left, Wayne Blue (third...
Title taken from front. S.S. Northwestern docked in Seward, Alaska, covered in ice. 1910? Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Ice covered debris fills the corner of Washington and Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska, where the Arcade Building stood before the fire of November 23-24, 1941. The Brosius Apartment building and the Alaska Railroad depot stand in the background....
Icy debris from the November 23-24, 1941 fire is piled along Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska. Two men and a truck are visible near Brown & Hawkins at left. 1941-1942. Original photograph size: 4" x 6".
Title from accompanying notes. In the distance are several men who are climbing to the saddle between two mountain peaks. In the foreground are cliffs of snow.
Shows Canada, Alaska, northern Asia and northern Europe with north coast of Greenland undefined. Includes key indicating the unknown polar regions, the extent of drift ice, the northern tree line and extent of human occupation.. Selective relief...
Azimuthal projection from the North Pole to the 50th parallel. Shows extend of drift ice, northern tree line and extent of human occupation. From Stieler's Hand-Atlas, no. 10. Inset: Erebus & Terror Bay in Nord Devon. Drawn by Ad. Stieler 1832. ...
"Thompson with oar, Larson rowing, Norwood taking it easy. A memorable trip, in a small boat, following the ice breakup on the Yukon River. Lake LaBarge was still frozen we pulled the boat on a crude sled over the ice. We were commanded by the...
People in photograph have been labeled. From left to right, back row: Esther, "Dolly," "Tremine," Mamie McM., Grace, Parker Hitt. Second row: D. Hussing, Maud I. Keuek. In front, woman with the dogsled is labeled...
People are labeled in photo. Back row, left to right: "Pop" Lomen, [J. Jrurden?], [Mrs. Jrurden?], Alta [Natem?], Mrs. G. Lomen, Beltley, [Deirns?], Mrs. Lomen, [unidentified man], H. Lomen. Front row, left to right: ...
Image is of the wreck of Schooner Joe Matthews on June 21, 1910 near Cape Darby, Alaska. Additional information from Coast Seamen's Journal, vol. 23 no. 41: June 29, 2010, page 5.
Image is of a man breaking up an ice jam in a river. There seems to be a ship docked in the background, with many people gathered near the buildings in town. Photos UAF-1985-122-64, UAF-1985-122-66 and UAF-1985-122-67 may...