Journal kept by Captain Edwin F. Glenn, commanding officer of the 1898 U.S. Army Expedition to Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska. June 29-Oct. 23, 1898. [228] pages ; 23 cm. The main task of the expedition was to explore the country north of Cook...
Title from verso. "[Lake Clark Pass, one of the few passes through the tumultuous icy Alaskan Range of which Mt. McKinley is the highest point. Six reindeer were transported each trip. One trip the plane was unable to get through after flying 8...
Title taken from verso. View of Caterpillar construction equipment convoy passing through Anaktuvuk Pass in Brooks Range headed to Franklin Bluffs in Northern Alaska during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. March 16, 1974. Photographer: Steve...
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction equipment convoy on ice road in Anaktuvuk Pass in Brooks Range, Alaska before Dalton Highway was built. March 29, 1974. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph...
A long line of people climb the Chilkoot Trail with their full backpacks. Another large group of people are near the base of the trail, possibly assembling and preparing to ascend the Trail. There seems to a...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title from caption. Photograph of the Chilkoot Pass. Narrative in photo album reads: "Chilcoot pass of the gold rush route in '98, a terrible part of the journey."
Title from caption. Photograph of Chilkoot Pass with a dusting of snow. Narrative in photo album reads: "At right is Chilkoot Pass used during the gold rush from Skagway to Dawson. It is reliably stated that one could go from bottom to top by...
Title from caption in album: "May 26 - East across Geological Divide East from top of Geological Divide West". Photograph shows a mountain pass with mountains far in the distance. From album #7, page 72 verso, top left.
Title from caption. Photograph of gold rush stampeders climbing the Chilkoot Pass. Caption reads: "Note the long procession of early stampeders climbing the steep mountain with packs on their backs. This old route called Chilcoot Pass was...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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