Elevated cache with Kayak with skin shell removed and two dogsleds among items stored. The ladder leading up into the cache has one rung replaced with a metal rod.
S.R. Bernardi photographs formerly known as The Gertrude Lusk whaling album.
Five young women identified as left to right: Kuzrere or Grace (Mrs. Percy Blatchford of Nome), Koot egweena, Angnohok, Oo me eeuk, Ang arolok or Bessie (Mrs. Henry Miller of Teller).
Caption: Eskimos are not Indians, but Mongoloids. Both have all inherent reverence for their ancestors, the Japanese possessing the characteristic a degree stronger than the Eskimos. The Japanese serve fish raw. ...
Caption: For twenty-four hours previous to launching the first whale boat, all members of the whaling crews fast, dance and sing of former deeds of bravery at sea.
Two women identified as Nora (left) and Angnolok (right).
Caption: Eskimos are not Indians, but Mongoloids. Both have all inherent reverence for their ancestors, the Japanese possessing the characteristic a degree stronger than the...
Caption: Eskimos are not Indians, but Mongoloids. Both have all inherent reverence for their ancestors, the Japanese possessing the characteristic a degree stronger than the Eskimos. The...
Caption: Just back of the village, on the side of Cape Mountain there are hundreds of pre-historic pits made of hewn granite stones. These pits are six feet long four wide and four deep. The stone facing the sea...
Caption: Reindeer shed their horns every year. The male shed six weeks earlier than the female, so that during the fawn season the mother may protect the young.