2 maps on one sheet. Components: The Aral Sea according to Khanikoff -- Kamchatka according to A. Erman. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. No. 8 from Fullarton's Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography. Includes seven illustrations...
"Hand operated steel cable ferry, constructed by O. & S. to span the 70 Mile River when the waters were too high for fording. It was located at a point called 'Nimrod Bar.' Nimrod worked for O. & S. at Crooked Creek, but had also worked his own...
Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored; outline color. Printed under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and included in the Society's A Series of Maps Modern and Ancient, No. 5. Engraved by J. & C....
Relief shown by hachures. Printed under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. No. 5 of the Society's A series of maps, modern and ancient. Engraved by J. & C. Walker.
Relief shown by hachures. "Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge." "Using information from Hudson Bay Comps. M.S.S. Parry, Franklin, Beechey, Graab &c." No. 72 of A series of maps, modern and...
2 maps on 1 sheet. Relief shown by hachures. From The royal illustrated atlas of modern geography, London: A. Fullerton, 1862. Components: Wellington Channel, Melville Island &c., from Admiralty chart -- The Arctic regions, showing the north-west...
Relief shown by contours. Depths shown by isolines. Glaciers, tundra and forest color coded. From Johnston's Royal atlas of modern geography, frontispiece. "By Keith Johnston F.R.G.S." "W. & A.K. Johnston." Hand colored.
Relief shown by hachures. Components: The Arctic regions, showing the north-west passage as determined by Cap. R. McClure and other Arctic voyagers, compiled by J. Hugh Johnson -- Wellington Channel, Melville Island & c., from Admiralty chart. No....
Shows northern United States, Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Includes names of indigenous groups. Relief shown by hachures. From Gilbert's Modern atlas. Compass rose includes miniature map of the western hemisphere. Hand colored. 22 x 28...
Shows routes of expeditions since 1900 and extreme limit of pack ice. Relief shown by hypsometric tints; depths shown by bathymetric tints. "Engraved, printed and published by W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited, Edinburgh & London." Possibly from...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of the Stevens Village classroom. Narrative reads: "Interior view of our school. Notice hanging lamp used in winter. Desks were modern and all books and equipment were furnished by the government."
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows a snowy street with houses and an automobile. Behind the town a frozen body of water can be seen. Caption from finding aid reads "Modern town". Location is unknown.
Title from verso. Photograph of canvas umiaks shuttling cargo from a Navy vessel to St. George. Verso reads: "Five of 16. Last Long Mile -- Although cargo to the Pribilofs arrived at destination aboard a modern Navy transport which also...
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Learning about the barging business
Eskimo boy hunting; beach; tied up the boat; land downstream on the barge; Demientieff, Martha; summer; advice; barge business; safety net; schooling; adventure; educated children in both...
(5:40 min.) (06 of 20) Nome/Communications--Nome--Yearly operations--Shipping--Cargo--ACS--Communications--Shipping an airplane--Teletype machines--Operation changes and modern communications
(2:28 min.) (07 of 20) Communications/responsibility--more modern communications--Agents more responsible--donating to non-profit organizations--person to get tickets out of town--Agents were important and responsible
Relief shown pictorially. In color. Includes "Terra Della Compas" and several large islands off the northeast coast of Asia. A number of Russian place names are included. "Tom 8 pag. 306." From volume 8 of Thomas Salmon's "Modern...