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Collection Name
Francis P. Farquhar papers, 1896-1960
Identifier
UAF-1981-208-53
Title
Packing
Koven
.
LaV
.
1932
.
Description
Title
from
verso
.
Theodore
Koven's
body
was
discovered
near
the
head
of
Muldrow
Glacier
on
Mount
McKinley
by the
Lindley-Liek
Expedition
in
1932
.
Theodore
Koven
and
Allen
Carpe
were
scientists
working
on a
high
altitude
cosmic
ray
research
expedition
on
behalf
of
Professor
A.
H
.
Compton
at the
University
of
Chicago
.
Injuries
on
Koven's
body
suggested
he had
fallen
into a
crevasse
and
managed
to
crawl
out
, but had
frozen
to
death
soon
afterward
.
Carpe
was
assumed
to have
perished
inside
a
crevasse
as his
body
was
never
found
.
Photographer
on the
Lindley-Liek
Expedition
was
Merl
LaVoy
.
Caption
indicates
that the
three
men
shown
are
packing
Koven's
body
for
transport
. The
image
shows
them
packing
a
large
bundle
onto a
horse
.
Melted
snow
is
visible
among
the
rocks
where
the
men
and
horse
are
standing
.
Snowshoes
and
two
metal
tins
are also
visible
on the
ground
. The
men
are
unidentified
.
Information
on
Koven
from
cataloger's
notes
and "
Mount
McKinley
:
Icy
crown
of
North
America
" by
Fred
Beckey
(1993)
.
Creator
LaVoy, Merl
Subject.TGM
Mountaineering
Accidents
Men
Horses
Dead persons
Boulders
Snowshoeing
Bridles
Hats
Clothing & dress
Cans
Containers
Subject.LCSH
Mountaineers
Personal Name
Koven, Theodore, 1894-1932
Corporate Name
Lindley-Liek Expedition (1932)
Location
Denali (Alaska)
Region
Interior Alaska
Time Period
1913 to 1939
Date
1932
Type
Image (Photographs)
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Holding Institution
Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.;
mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu
--(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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