Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 1:01 minutes MPG format. About 350 miles off the western coast of Alaska, in the Bering Sea, lie the Pribilof Islands. The more northerly of these windswept, treeless, volcanic islands is St. Paul Island. Clouds...
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 1:01 minutes MPG format. Sitka is a city of about 8,700 people nestled beside the forested mountains of Baranof Island in southeast Alaska. The climate is mild with temperatures from the mid-20's to 30's in the...
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 1:07 minutes MPG format. About 350 miles off the western coast of Alaska, in the Bering Sea, lie the Pribilof Islands. The more northerly of these windswept, treeless, volcanic islands is St. Paul Island. Clouds...
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 2:04 minutes MPG format. High school and college students work with science teacher Betty Taylor and plant collector Suzi Golodof to recognize, collect, and press the native plants of St. Paul Island for use in...
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 31 seconds MPG format. The breeding distributions of the northern Thick-billed Murre and the more temperate Common Murre overlap broadly in this region. The two closely related species are about equally abundant...
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 31 seconds MPG format. This kittiwake is a widely distributed breeder across the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It builds nests of grasses, seaweeds, mosses, and mud on small ledges on vertical...
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 34 seconds MPG format. The Bald Eagle is a large raptor known for its white head and tail. Young eagles develop the distinctive white markings after they are 5 years old. They are Alaska's largest resident bird...
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 58 seconds MPG format. About 350 miles off the western coast of Alaska, in the Bering Sea, lie the Pribilof Islands. The more northerly of these windswept, treeless, volcanic islands is St. Paul Island. Clouds...
Tourists look at the aerial tramway used to transport copper ore between the mines and the mining operation at Kennecott Copper Mine in Kennicott, Alaska. From caption: "This tramway, located at the back of the mine building, extends way back into...
Transcript of diary kept by Myrtle Ryan (later Bunger) in 1900 that describes her journey to and life in Dawson in the Yukon Territory and Nome, Alaska. Myrtle recounts how she traveled from Los Angeles, California to Skagway by boat in January...
Two girls sit on a couch in what appears to be a waiting area. Title taken from note with photo: "Citizens numbering about 115 of Valdez were evacuated to Fairbanks, via 3 Alaska Overland buses following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64".
Verso: Senator E. L. Bartlett, Major General James C. Jensen, and Major General George A. Carver, listen intently during a briefing about logistial activities of the Army Forces Headquarters during the Alaskan Command's winter training exercise,...
Verso: The man on the left is Christian Henrik Buschmann, P.T. Buschmann's oldest son and first superintendent at Petersburg cannery about 1898 or 1899. In the middle is Arne Thormodsater, storekeeper; and at right is Ludvig Larson, bookkeeper....
Verso: This was at Chilkat about 1895-1897. Sol Ripinsky's trading post in Haines, prior to the Klondike Rush. Sol is the man in the bowler hat to the right of center of picture. Later became collector of customers in Haines.
Verso-[J. H. Schoechert & Family, Moravian Missionaries at Carmel, Nushagak River, Alaska. Work commenced 1887-(picture about 1902-03), work progressing quite well 221 members 250 new people, adherents & candidates. Total at Carmel, 471.] ...
View along power lines near Homer, Alaska on Kenai Peninsula, with utility poles at right and in distance. From slide mount: "Homer. Looking east from about pole #13 + 200'." 1955-1961. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Leland A....
View of Alaska Department of Highways sign with facts about Alaska posted on Alaska Highway, possibly near border between Alaska and Canada. Sign reads: "Alaska Department of Highways. Facts on Alaska. Alaska is twice as large as Texas, covering...