He had just returned a few months earlier from treatment for tuberculosis, which included the removal of one lung so this was a real triumph. He had also won the seal parka he is wearing. Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.
Dogs were very utilitarian and necessary as well as used in racing. Within a few years snowmobiles replaced dogs for many people as working vehicles. Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.
The parka Sidney is wearing was made for him by his wife, Angela, from wolf skins he had acquired in a poker game with several white wolf hunters who were weathered in at Huslia. Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.
You could clearly see the piece of canvas which had been turned back from its covering place over the trap. Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.