(7:29 min) (10 of 17) Exciting and scary situations
Teaching in Ft. Yukon, went to Fairbanks then headed back with heavy load. Ft. Yukon ice fogged in, headed back to Fairbanks, White Mountains were fogged in too, had to climb over top. ...
57 second film clip, black & white/silent, of a float plane arriving at the shore of Harding Lake. Sigmund Levanevsky and several others climb out of the plane, take a brief walk on the shore, greeting the crowd, and then climb back into the...
80 second, black & white/silent film clip. Clip shows a float plane arriving at the shore of Harding Lake. Sigmund Levanevsky and several others climb out of the plane, take a brief walk on the shore, greet the crowd, and then climb back into...
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...
From verso: Arctic proving ground, the last lap: After the tedious climb over the mountains, personnel from the Arctic Indoctrination Center, near the wooded area where they will bivouac for the night. Signal Corps 397227-S; Dept. of Defense...
Ian McRae talks about getting into climbing at a young age in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, deciding to stop playing soccer and go climbing in the High Sierras, learning to climb in the California mountains, his first trip to Alaska trying to climb...
In 1925, Norman H. Read (1891-1992) was part of the first expedition to climb Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America. Read returned to make a second ascent of the mountain in 1950, at the age of...
Official spelling for the creek is Sunaghun Creek This in formation and what directly follows is from Garry Njootli, Yukon Toponymist for the Yukon Government
"Kutcha-Kutchin name reported by I...
Contents: Letter of transmittal. Testimony of Chief Kah-du-shan from Wrangel; Chief Johnson (Yash-noosh) from Juneau; Chief Koogh-see fom Hoonah; Chief Kah-ea-tchiss from Hoonah; Chief Shoo-we-Kah from Juneau; Chief Ah-na-tlash from Taku;...
Prospectors, tents, mining equipment, and supplies litter the snow-covered ground; in the background, people climb the trail to the summit Image is not in sharp focus
Men stand on the snow watching as other men climb ladders and board the S.S. Portland, possibly assisting in rescuing the stranded ship. Photos UAF-1985-122-151 to UAF-1985-122-156 and UAF-1985-122-164 to UAF-1985-122-165...