Caption: "Seals can be caught all the year round. This woman is stretching a seal skin to dry. After it has dried it will be used in making waterproof boots."
Title from image caption Paddle wheeler KEYSTONE at dock, along with the PELUK, the EDNA, and a beamy vessel named SEAL; men carry boxes off the PELUK in foreground; around curve in river is sign for Turkish Steam and Plain Baths; numerous...
He had just returned a few months earlier from treatment for tuberculosis, which included the removal of one lung so this was a real triumph. He had also won the seal parka he is wearing. Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.
Eight bears were spotted and killed the preceding day. Fence around seal gut sku light of igloo to keep dogs, people, etc., from breaking light or falling thru. Title and description from photographer's notes.
Flagpole is on left end of the building. Summer view. Butter came in barrels like that at corner of building. Locals used them for making misigaaq (seal oil) and mikigaq (fermented whale meat and blubber).
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....
Daylight comes in through a window made of ice. A large door on one end allowed the boat through. The holes for the lashing were handmade. This driftwood frame was lighter than with modern techniques. Workshops were heated with seal oil lamps....