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.
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title taken from caption. "9204 -- (20) We have in this view an extraordinary realistic panorama of the Dyea Trail just before it passes the track of the fatal avalanche. The scene is indeed rugged, bleak and uninviting, and the trail...
Title taken from caption. "9208 -- (26) The White men who made packing a business on the Dyea trail in 1898 carried from 75 to 150 pounds at a time, while the Indian packers carried from 100 to 250 pounds each. At short intervals on the left of...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. " Pete Haase moving up Harstens Ridge to 15,450ft camp. North Peak of McKinley in background. This isn't trick photograpahy, it really is this steep."
Title from accompanying notes. "Pete. The 'Twa Harpies', the highest unclimbed peaks in Alaska and the principal mountains we'd come to climb, are in the background." A man in red parka, sunglasses, holding an ice pick is posed in front of...
Title from accompanying notes. "Al Randall and Japanese climbers at Camp 1 after Al and I had scouted beyond Camp 1. Bright red colored flags are wands used to mark the route so that it can be followed (even in poor weather)." Six men in...
Title taken from caption. View of four military personnel on an ice slope during a training exercise in Alaska. From verso: "First Sgt. Alexander Bjornstal demonstrates to Pvt. First Class Jimmy Flores how to stop a slide down an ice slope by...