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...
This dome shaped type of tent is called a Qalluvik in Iñupiaq. Willows for the frame were collected inland, around Atqasuk, then bent into curved shape and tied together to make tent frame. It was then covered with canvas. (Early Iñupiaq tents...
This frame of would be covered with canvas to become a useable summer dwelling, qalluvik. A tent like this covered with skins is called an Itchellik by the Nunamiut. A tepee style tent with one pole in the middle is called a napattaq tupiq.
Title by cataloger. Photograph of Cora Rivenburg standing on the porch of a log building. Narrative in the album reads: "On the front porch of the residence part of our dwelling. Part of willow basket in lower corner, which I made from...
Title from caption in album. Rapid flowing river with trees and boulders alongside. [Probably Lucky Shot Trail is what is today Lucky Shot Mine Rd, in the valley northwest of Bullion Mountain.]
Title from caption in album: "Oct 3 - Same toward Outside Mt. showing woods + willows frosted - this frost falling in a clear day and gathering on the trees ushered in the winter". Photograph shows a man holding the reins of a horse. The horse...
Title from caption of photograph UAF-2009-123-90, current caption in album: "Oct 3 - Same". Photograph shows a man holding the reins of a horse. The horse is carrying packs along with what appears to be caribou skins and antlers. They are...
Title from caption. Photograph of a woman standing on what may be a moose hide as she prepares it for smoking. Narrative from photo album reads: "Here is Mrs. Luke working on a moose skin. It has stood for days in a a stinking mess of rotten...
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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Title taken from caption. An Alaska willow, sandblasted clean on one side after the Katmai eruptions, with growth only from buds on the other side. Photo taken in what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Flood plain ice formed from freezing of winter seepage overflow. On Joe Creek about a half a mile below crossing of 141st meridian. July 7, 1912. This ice was not noted in 1911 and seems to...