Title from verso. Image shows Karstens and McGonagall, members of the 1910 Mount McKinley climbing expedition, standing outside of a building in Fairbanks circa 1950. The men are both dressed in shirts, slacks and ties. Karstens is wearing a...
Title from verso. Image shows Karstens and McGonagall, members of the 1910 Mount McKinley climbing expedition, standing outside of a building in Fairbanks around 1950. The men are both dressed in shirts, slacks and ties. Karstens is wearing a...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Camp at McGonagall Pass. This place was not very pleasant when it rained (tents leak, wet sleeping bags, yuk)."
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Our campsite at McGonagall Pass looking up the Muldrow Glacier (our main highway) toward Gunsight Pass (the notch in the ridge on the left)."
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Equipment left at McGonagall Pass by Bradford Washburn in the 1940s. He's perhaps the world's foremost expert on Mt. McKinley, and was a member of the 3rd expedition to...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "McKinley as viewed from Oastler Mt. (Oastler Mt. and McGonagall Mt. form McGonagall Pass). Pierre Juillerat (left), Marie Working, & Pete Haase. Note: To the right of Pete's...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. " McGonagall Pass straight ahead (formed by the two small peaks in left center of photograph)."
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. " Day of rest at McGonagall Pass. Bill Van de Graaff in sleeping bag; Sean Rice in background."
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "McGonagall Pass itself as seen from a little ways up Oastler Mt. Climbers can be seen moving from left to right on either side of the Pass."
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "We've arrived. Mt. Brooks as seen from McGonagall Pass. This is THE opening to our route up the Muldrow Glacier (and eventually the summit)."
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Mt. McKinley as viewed from Mt. McGonagall - Pete Haase on right. The summit of Mt. McKinley is the left-most little bump on the peak lying between the North Peak on the right...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Cliff got in at 1:20 PM to make 1st airdrop in fast changing weather. He was gone by 1:35."
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 notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Peter Haase and the "snake". The approach to McGonagall Pass is depressing because it twists and turns like a snake; just when you think you're almost there, you find you...