49 second film clip, black & white with audio. The clip shows scenes of damage from the 1964 earthquake and the resulting tsunami. The audio track describes the tsunami and experiences of survivors. This is an excerpt from the film "The Great...
57 second film clip, black & white with audio. The clip shows damage to four small villages on Kodiak Island by the 1964 earthquake and the resulting tsunami. The audio relates personal experiences of survivors. This is an excerpt from the film...
Caption reads: "Mukpie - Point Barrow Eskimo Girl. Youngest person aboard, and one of the survivors of the S.S. "Karluk." Canadian-Arctic (Stefansson) Expedition." A young girl stands outside, wearing a fur parka,...
Title from image Eleven people pose on the deck of Coast Guard Revenue Cutter BEAR; full title reads, the survivors of the S. S. "Karluk" of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, rescued from Wrangel Island by the schooner "King and Winge"
Title from image caption Full caption: Capt. Robt. A. Bartlett and the survivors of the S.S. KARLUK of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, rescued from Wrangel Island [Russia] by the schooner KING & WINGE, on board U.S.R.C. BEAR
Title taken from accompanying note. "Rescue workers comb through a demolished home in the Turnagain area following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". Additional notes read: "HQ AAC -- ROUND THE CLOCK SEARCH -- Shortly after the devastating God...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Probably a porpoise." Handwritten below: "or beluga." View of a man crouched over the skeletal remains of a marine mammal. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological...
Title taken from caption. " U.S. Revenue Cutter 'Rush' at Valdez, Alaska." Cataloguer's note: Named in honor of Richard Rush (1780 - 1859) who was a statesman and a diplomat, during the administrations of Adams and John Quincy Adams. The...