(2:39 min.) (06 of 12) Types of development in Alaska after Statehood and the Resource Article development -- resources; 33 -- strategic minerals; undeveloped minerals -- Alaska; oil on Arctic Coast; 1920 -- husband forced down; Prudhoe Bay --...
(4:16 min) (13 of 17) Flying for DGGS pt. 2
As a pilot for Division of Geology and Geodetic Surveys had emergency call to fly in whiteout conditions to get a badly burned man at another station. Flying under 200 ft. elevation so not to miss...
(4:40 min) (12 of 17) Flying for DGGS pt.1
As a pilot for Division of Geology and Geodetic Surveys had emergency call to fly in whiteout conditions to get a badly burned man at another station. Flying under 200 ft. elevation so not to miss...
(7:14 min.) (25 of 28) 26. C-47 transport
George flew transport C-47 between Alaska and Seattle. Sometimes on the way down he had to land on Annette Island to refuel. On the way up they always had to refuel to fight the headwinds. He had...
31 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Alaska Review Collection (Alaska Review #55, 1984)". Film shows a medevac patient being loaded off of a Cessna 207 and into an ambulance in Barrow.
35 second film clip, color/silent. Film shows Barrow as seen from an airplane and the ground. From "A time to remember" by the North Slope Borough Planning Dept., produced by Media Design Associates, Inc. (Boulder, Colo.); producer,...
62 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip shows the harvesting ice from lakes near Barrow, Alaska. Narration describes the harvesting, processing and use of ice for drinking water and other domestic purposes.
"The man with the boots is Charlie Brower 'King of Pt. Barrow'. . ." Charlie Brower and a priest are posing on the deck of a ship, possibly the USCG Spencer.
According to David Schienle, Archive Clerk for the Catholic Church in Fairbanks,...
Accompanying notes: Left to right: D. Henry W.(?) Greist; Jas. A. Nichols, School & Reindeer Supt. and baby; Miss Gussie [Agusta (sic)] Mueller [Miller?], Hosp. nurse (R.N.); David Greist, Mollie W. Greist, R.N., Miss Florence C. Dakin, R.N., Hosp....
Accompanying notes: Lindburg's. The Greists, after 17 years in far North, welcome Rev. and Mrs. Fred Klerekoper, who are left in charge [of] the church work in Point Barrow Mission. The hospital is turned over to the Government, with all medical...