Selective relief shown by hachures. Shows routes and destinations of various explorers. Inset: Discoveries in and north of Wellington Channel by Lt. DeHaven in Sept. 1850 and by Capt. Penny and his parties in May, June and July 1851, compiled by...
Title taken from verso. Relief party with dog team taking part in search for Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald's attachment lost in Yukon Territory, Canada, working with Royal Canadian Mounted Police. One of men pictured: J. G. Fyfe. Also from verso:...
Airplanes used in search for wreckage from final flight of Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, Siberia. From verso: "Plane headquarters near the Nauuk - 90 miles from the wreck." 1930. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5 1/4".
Russian men who took part in search for the downed airplane of Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, Siberia. From verso: "Russians who aided in search." 1930. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5 1/4".
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 26 seconds, MPG-1 format. One of the campers suffered burns to his feet when his sleeping bag caught fire one morning. Search and rescue was...
Shows Smith Strait, Peabody Bay, and Kennedy Channel along Grinnell land [i.e. Grinnell Peninsula], Arctic Canada. Senate Ex. Doc., 1st session, 34th Congress ; no.1. "Ackerman Lith." Includes detailed tracks and location of caches, as well as...
Shows Baffin Bay, Melville Bay, Smith Strait, Peabody Bay & Kennedy Channel with corresponding coastlines of Greenland and Grinnell Land [i.e. Grinnell Peninsula]. Senate Ex. Doc., 1st session, 34th Congress ; no. 1. "Ackerman...
Shows locations of relics of the Franklin Expedition and the routes of the Ross, Osborn, Browne, Rae, Collinson, Anderson, M'Clintock, Hobson, and Young expeditions. Inset: Probable route of the Franklin Expedition. In color.
Title from verso. Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition that made the first successful ascent of both peaks of Mount McKinley in 1932. The men are shown looking for the body of Allen Carpe, who also climbed Mount McKinley in 1932...
Title taken from accompanying note. "Rescue workers comb through a demolished home in the Turnagain area following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". Additional notes read: "HQ AAC -- ROUND THE CLOCK SEARCH -- Shortly after the devastating God...
View of a person in a rescue basket being hoisted up to a U.S. Air Force helicopter. Crewmen can be seen operating the hoist from the hatch of the helicopter. From verso: "That others may live - An H-21 helicopter of the 5017th Operations Sq....
Russians and Americans searching for the downed airplane of Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, North Cape, Siberia. From verso: "Russians and Americans digging a trench thru 6 ft. of hard snow, to locate the bodies. The Russian in left foreground...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Earl and Natalie Norris talk about learning about sled dogs and moving to Alaska, selling and donating dogs to search and rescue, Natalie's arrival in Alaska, meeting Earl, the use of Natalie's dogs during World War II for northern latitude search...
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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Daryl Miller is interviewed by Dave Krupa on April 27, 2000 in Talkeetna, Alaska. Miller discusses his personal background and how he was introduced to climbing; his first climbing experience on Denali; not summitting on his first attempt and the...
Brian Okonek talks about his introduction to outdoor activities and involvement in high school mountaineering club, exploring the Talkeetna area, meeting Dave Johnston, his trip in the Alaska Range, relationship with his dad and hopes for a...
Title taken from front. Sleds carrying bodies of pilot Carl Ben Eielson and mechanic Earl Borland, covered with American flags and surrounded by searchers. 1930. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2".