Summary: Many of the photos were taken by Baldwin while he worked as a surveyor for the U.S. government on the Alaska-Canada boundary survey from Demarcation Bay on the Arctic Ocean to Mount St. Elias from 1907 to 1913. Also included are images of...
Cache of baleen, man (trader?) standing. Probably autumn, because the water is shallow, and there is no ice. In the spring, the whale would be pulled up by its tail, and in the fall it would be pulled up by its head.
Kayak frame and willow tent poles are stored on rack. These racks were used to hang caribou skins on for drying in the sun, and to store food on in the winter to keep it away from the dogs. Occasionally polar bears were still able to get into the...