Title taken from caption. "9286 -- (2) The third day after leaving Seattle, the Arctic travelers found themselves in the midst of the characteristic scenic wonders of the new Northwest, and they reveled in the glorious vistas from the upper...
Title taken from caption. "9355 -- (3) The two oldest transportation companies operating on the Yukon are the Alaskan Commercial Company and the North American Trading & Transportation Company. They are located on the little harbor about a...
Title taken from caption. "9359 -- (4) A permanent residence at St. Michaels is not a thing to be desired, particularly by persons of a sociable disposition, for the winters are long and dark and cold; for hundreds of miles in every direction...
Title taken from caption. "11507 -- (5) The stories we read of life in the Arctic usually persuade us to believe that only the most robust persons should venture into those latitudes, and then only when well provided with an ample wardrobe of...
Title taken from caption. "11555 -- (6) Judging from his suit and hood of fur and his team of dogs, we might mistake the boy in this picture for an Esquimau.
In 1898, at the time of the great rush for gold, he was the only white boy on...
Title taken from caption. "11561 -- (7) Here are a couple of prospectors playing hide-and-seek in the midst of massive blocks of ice which have been left upon the banks of the Allenkaket River by the receding waters. The blocks exceed in...
Title taken from caption. "11501 -- (8) At the time of the breaking up of the ice, the Alaskan days are already long, and the continued rays of the sun speedily reduce the blocks of stranded ice on the shores to their lowest terms. Within a...
Title taken from caption. "11503 -- (9) Those who have never witnessed the breaking up of the ice on the lakes and rivers in the interior of Alaska, will find it difficult to appreciate the enormous quantity of ice which moves with the opening...
Title taken from caption. "11528 -- (10) The cost of constructing cabins in the Klondike during the latter part of 1897 was considerable. Logs were selling at $50 apiece, and wages were from $15 to $20 per day. An ordinary one-room cabin...
Title taken from caption. "11511 -- (11) The participants at this festive board were all members of one party, and the banquet was given by the leader of the party and his wife to show their appreciation of the building of the log cabin for...
Title taken from caption. "11502 -- (12) The interior of Alaska is generally well-timbered, and there are large tracts of good grazing country. In these conditions we are not surprised to find considerable large game. There are several...
Title taken from caption. "9357 -- (13) In Spring of 1898 the ice disappeared from the upper lakes during the latter part of May, and on the 30th of that month the first grand section of the Yukon flotilla set sail from the headwaters of Lake...
"Title taken from caption. "9256 -- (14) There were a goodly number of robust young fellows who undertook this journey to and through the valley of the Yukon in search of the royal metal fully prepared to overcome all difficulties and to get...
Title taken from caption. "9212 -- (16) In this view we have a combination of grocery store, postoffice, laundry, and hay and grain warehouse, as well as a Miner's Exchange. Mr. Courtney, the proprietor, was fortunate in having with him his...
Title taken from caption. V11569 -- (19)(5) The Fantastic Potlatch Dancers, Indian Village of Klinkwan, Alaska Indexer's note: A group of Indian Dancers, with their traditional clothing.
Title taken from caption. "9284 -- (21) The scene represented in this view impresses us with the fact that the army of argonauts over the Dyea Trail not only proceeded on foot but also personally transported their camp equipage and supplies. A...
Title taken from caption. "9198 -- (22) The city of 'Sheep Camp' was the metropolis of the Dyea trail. Those who have never visited a booming frontier mining camp will find it difficult to appreciate the rapidity with which such camps acquire a...
Title taken from caption. "9206 -- (23) In 1897 Dr. J. Jones commanded a lucrative practice in Evanston, Ill., and Mr. G. B.Winter was one of the successful grocers of the same city. About this time the instigator and promoter of Klondike Gold...
Title taken from caption. "9209 -- (24) After passing Sheep Camp the Yukoner of 1898 proceeded up the trail on his journey toward the pass. A group of these gold seekers are represented in the foreground of this view, while a procession of...
Title taken from caption. "9196 -- (25) In this view we have ascended about one-fourth of the icy stairway and pause a moment to rest and view the strange, stupendous and impressive panorama which spreads away before us down the trail and...