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image thumbnail Map and chart, Point Barrow to Cape Bathurst, including the MacKenzie River delta and inland to Fort Yukon, Alaska. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. "Drawn by G. Noetzel. Engraved by W.P. Sefton and J.A. Waddey." "Issued with H.O. Chart No. 68 as a supplement." "No. 1189." "Printed July, 1890." Annotated. Published in [Washington, D.C.] by the United States Hydrographic Office in 1890. Scale is not given (W156 00 W127 00 N73 00 N66 00). Rare Maps Collection, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections;
image thumbnail Man making fishnet and hauling in salmon at Deering, 1941-1951 35 second film clip, color/silent, of a man making or repairing a fish net and hauling a load of salmon onto the beach. North Slope Borough School District Film Collection; Alaska Film Archives, University of Alaska, Fairbanks;
image thumbnail Link up of the Haul Road, 1974-1976 34 second film clip, color/silent, of aerial view of the completion and dedication of the North Slope Haul Road.Two bulldozers close the last section of road and, as a crowd looks on, a woman cuts the ribbon. KTVF Television Film Collection; Alaska Film Archives, University of Alaska, Fairbanks;
image thumbnail Laying 8 inch gas line between Prudhoe and Pump Sta[tion] 4. Title taken from verso. View of construction crew laying gas supply line in trench between Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and Pump Station 4 during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction on North Slope. Nov. 25, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 10 1/8" x 8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Joe Creek. One image (3-8) from the panorama of uaa-hmc-0166-b1-21-3-7-3-8. Caption on the panorama reads: "Panorama of the valley of Joe Creek from a point on its south slope about 6 miles west from 141st meridian showing the mountains north from it. Includes the arc from west (at left) through north to east (at right) which is downstredam direction. July 23, 1911." A. G. Maddren photographs, 1906-1914. UAA-HMC-0166;
image thumbnail Joe Creek. One image (3-7) from the panorama of uaa-hmc-0166-b1-21-3-7-3-8. Caption on the panorama reads: "Panorama of the valley of Joe Creek from a point on its south slope about 6 miles west from 141st meridian showing the mountains north from it. Includes the arc from west (at left) through north to east (at right) which is downstream direction. July 23, 1911." A. G. Maddren photographs, 1906-1914. UAA-HMC-0166;
image thumbnail James Edwin Morrow Photographs. The James Edwin Morrow Photographs consist of 121 color transparencies and slides with images of various places in Alaska taken in the early to mid 1960s and in 1971. Subjects include Chicken, Ninilchik, Kachemak Bay, Homer, Kenai, Seldovia, Nenana, Fort Yukon, and Rampart, Alaska; the Yukon and Kandik Rivers; and Alaska’s North Slope.James Edwin Morrow (1918-2002) was professor of zoology at the University of Alaska for seventeen years, from the 1960s through the early 1970s. He authored a number of works on the fish and fisheries of Alaska. James Edwin Morrow Photographs
image thumbnail Indian Keshagen (Dance-House) at Icy Cape, Alaska. Title taken from caption. View of an open sided, rectangular shaped building. Large wooden poles provide the structural support; two walls and the roof are covered with skins. Original photograph size: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch. Thomas W. Benham photographs, circa 1880-1890. UAA-HMC-0069
image thumbnail Immersion Camp: 20. Hiking and Hunting Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 23 seconds, MPG-1 format. A group of campers went on a long hike, heading out first along the shore and then arcing inland and back towards camp. They carried rifles in case they saw caribou, a shotgun for ducks, and both in event of bears, brown or polar. Damon Richardson and Tim Carlson sight-in one of the rifles. The tundra is brushed by the wind off the ocean. If not for the wind, the campers would have dealt with far more mosquitoes. The photographs show an old bombardier that has been abandoned, a puffball mushroom, and various windblown images of the North Slope landscape. Education Multimedia
image thumbnail Hydro test head on pipe. Title taken from verso. View of Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction across Sagavanirktok River on North Slope in Alaska, showing pipe head where "pig" can be inserted to perform hydro test and with crane in background. Also from verso: "Note the concreate [sic] coating to prevent pipe from rising due to water level. Sag River." Sept. 9, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Howard Sears setting gillnet in overflow of channel of Yukon River, 20 miles upstream from Fort Yukon. North Slope Arctic DDT Pesticide Fish Sampling, August 1-13, 1969. Title and description taken from inventory. Theodore R. Merrell Photograph Collection, 1969 DDT Arctic Survey. ASL-PCA-490
image thumbnail Howard Sears pitching tent on island in Yukon River, 20 miles upstream from Fort Yukon. North Slope Arctic DDT Pesticide Fish Sampling, August 1-13, 1969. Title and description taken from inventory. Theodore R. Merrell Photograph Collection, 1969 DDT Arctic Survey. ASL-PCA-490
image thumbnail Happy Valley fuel leak - trench to intercept diesel oil. Title taken from verso. View of trench used to intercept diesel oil after spill at Happy Valley construction camp during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction on North Slope in Alaska. Aug. 4, 1972. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 10" x 8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Happy Valley camp. Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Happy Valley Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction camp on North Slope in Alaska, with helicopter in foreground and airplane in far background. March 10, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Happy Valley and the Sagavanirktok River. Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Sagavanirktok River with Happy Valley construction camp at upper right during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction on North Slope in Alaska. Aug. 4, 1972. Original photograph size: 10" x 8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Geographic provinces of northwestern North America. Shows Alaska and western Canada indicating designations of geographic regions: Pacific Mountain System, Central Plateau Region, Rocky Mountain System, Arctic Slope and Great Plains Region. "Professional Paper No. [blank] Pl.I." Published in [Washington D.C] by Geological Survey (U.S.) in [1900?] (E175 00 W095 00 N70 00 N50 00). Rare Maps Collection, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections
image thumbnail Fumarole No. 32. Title taken from caption. Caption also says: "Mud pot on north slope of Fumarole No. 32. Activity of pot is shown by large bubbles, strings, and drops of mud." Photo taken in what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1919. National Geographic Society. Katmai Expeditions. Photographs, 1913-1919. UAA-HMC-0186;
image thumbnail From up on north slope of Outside Mt. down Toklat. Title from caption in album: "Oct 1 - From up on north slope of Outside Mt. down Toklat - Chitsia peak visible". <br>Photograph shows a barren, snowy hillside. <br><br>From album #6, page 11, top right. Charles Sheldon Papers
image thumbnail Franklin Bluffs. Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction camp at Franklin Bluffs on North Slope in Alaska. March 10, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Franklin Bluffs. Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction camp at Franklin Bluffs on North Slope in Alaska. June 1974. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Folded limestones on north bank of Joe Creek approximately at crossing of 141st meridian. Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Folded limestones on north bank of Joe Creek approximately at crossing of 141st meridian. Swagerina zone fossils are contained in these strats. See detail 3-2. July 23, 1911." Image referenced is uaa-hmc-0166-b1-17-3-2. A. G. Maddren photographs, 1906-1914. UAA-HMC-0166;
image thumbnail Flood plain of the Sag River. Pumps were essential for drying the ditch so pipeline work could be conducted. Title taken from verso. View of Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in flood plain of Sagavanirktok River on North Slope in Alaska, with construction workers walking along pipe, crane and bulldozer at right, and another bulldozer to left of pipe. 1975? Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail First development at Prudhoe Bay Title from verso.Full verso caption reads:"First development at Prudhoe Bay, on Alaska's North Slope, is pictured above in 1969. At center is ARCO's operations center, and adjoining it is a small topping plant to produce diesel fuel for use on the North Slope." Atlantic Richfield Company Collection;
image thumbnail Fannie Negovanna. As a little girl, Fannie lost her parents a TB outbreak in the North Slope region. She went to Wrangell and was later adopted by Weir and Roseanna Negovanna. Information and identification courtesy of her eldest daughter, Lucille A. Mayer. Ethel M. (Clayton) Montgomery. Photographs, 1934-1989. ASL-PCA-348
image thumbnail Fannie Negovanna As a little girl, Fannie lost her parents a TB outbreak in the North Slope region. She went to Wrangell and was later adopted by Weir and Roseanna Negovanna. Information and identification courtesy of her eldest daughter, Lucille A. Mayer. Ethel M. (Clayton) Montgomery. Photographs, 1934-1989. ASL-PCA-348

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