Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
Military aircraft revs its engine, blowing water from a puddle on the flightline on Adak Island, Alaska. Another aircraft is visible behind. Caption reads: "Adak Alaska 1949".
Title taken from accompanying note. "Old R.R. bldg. In McCarthy. Stayed here in 1963. Now a museum & gallery. 8/84." A sizable puddle stands in the way of the front of the old railroad building. At left, the sign reads: "Art gallery museum."
His waterproof boots are made of bearded sealskin bottoms and hairless seal skin tops. He carries a staff called an Unaaqpauraq in Iñupiaq with a point on one end and a hook at the other, used to test the strength of the ice before walking on it....