Title from verso. Image of the Lindley-Liek Expedition which made the first successful ascent of both peaks on Mount McKinley in 1932. Image shows two men and something (possibly a sled) between them. The men are following a trail across...
Writing on verso reads, "Alaska Range from divide between West Fork Chulitna and Bull River, Mt. McKinley in distant center. Looking north west from Station 12. Elevation 5760 ft."
Additional writing on photo indicates where Cantwell Glacier is located. Writing on verso reads, "Alaska Range at head of Cantwell Creek. Cantwell Glacier in center. Looking North from Station 7. Elevation 5159 ft."
(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...
(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...
43 second, black & white/silent, film clip of an Alaska Railroad train running through a loop to ease the change in elevation in the mountains. The scenery includes mountains, glaciers, and trees.
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Moving down from the 11,000ft camp. No rest for the weary. Some climbers will go from the 12,000ft camp all the way down to McGonagall Pass at 5720ft. without stopping for...
Title taken from caption. "Photographer's no. Johnson, D28." Notice the man to the left, as he sprays water on the heap of tailings at such a high elevation.
Title taken from caption. "U.S.G.S Monument and Simon on the top of the Mastodon Dome, in 1934 or 1935. Elevation - 500 feet or more. Note: It was my stomping ground between the creeks in that vicinity." Photograph type and size: 35 mm neg. 74...
Title taken from caption. Clipping from a publication of the City of Juneau, Alaska, as seen from a higher elevation, with the Gastineau Channel in the distance. Image published in the August 1917 issue of "The Alaskan Churchman" v.11, no. 4,...
Title taken from text. Album caption: Shows a 700 foot span of No. 13 guage steel wires to reach the top of a bluff opposite Delta station. From the top of this bluff the wires drop across the Tanana River, to the right. This in order to give...
Title taken from caption. View of a sign near Eklutna Lake in southcentral Alaska, in the snow and at night. Sign reads: "United States, Department of the Interior, Alaska Power Administration, Eklutna Project. Eklutna Lake, elevation 8710 feet,...
Ercelle Davidson standing next to a sign marking the Continental Divide in Berthoud Pass, Colorado. The sign reads "Grand County left, Clear Creek County right. Continental Divide Berthoud Pass. Elevation 11,314 ft. Pacific Ocean watershed left....
Second volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Nov. 22, 1915-Jan. 14, 1917. [166] pages ; 16 cm.
Third volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 15, 1917-May 18, 1917. [97] pages ; 15 cm.