Title taken from caption. Expedition members dig at the Umnak site. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Portrait of four of the 1938 expedition members standing in front of buildings in Nikolski. From left to right: Harold Cowper, William Laughlin, James Botsford, and William Clemes. Photograph taken during the 1938...
Title taken from caption. A surveyor working for the U.S. government working on Umnak Island. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of Dr. Hrdlicka, residents of Umnak Island, and crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Dr. Hrdlicka looks on while Lt. Lazerof, a Soviet officer, tries to read the inscription on the cross marking Vitus Bering's grave. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to...
Title taken from caption. View of stratification at the dig site on Umnak Island. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. The expedition party departs Nikolski en route to Russia. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Dr. Hrdlicka takes a portrait of several residents of Nikolski. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the village of Nikolski. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the cross makring Vitus Bering's grave on Bering Island. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Wood purported to be the remaining piece of the St. Peter, Vitus Bering's ship shipwrecked on a Bering Island reef. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
Title taken from caption. Remains of what was purported to be the St. Peter, Vitus Bering's ship, shipwrecked off of Bering Island. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Appears to be the U.S. Navy destroyer McCall. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of crewmembers aboard the U.S.Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone en route from Unalaska to Seattle. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Portrait of the bosun aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone en route from Unalaska to Seattle. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of a cave on an island near Kashega. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Inspection drill aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone en route from Unalaska to Seattle. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.