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Crew of the whaler 'Herman' finds Captain Robert Bartlett's native guide on an ice floe in East Cape.

Cruise of the whaler 'Herman'. Glaciers and ice sheets in the Arctic. Dogs pull men on sledges across the terrain. They reach a ship at the edge of the ice sheet. A man waiting there greets the native. Crew dancing on the ship. Native children dance. Natives load up sleds with purchases. Ship sails through open waters. Bird in the sky. Vast ocean ahead. A hunting party is sighted in the distance in East Cape. They are adrift on an ice floe. A tent on the floe. Some of the crew row in a small boat up to the floe. They find a sick man in the tent, Captain Robert Bartlett's native guide. They check the man, carry him to the boat and take him to the ship.

Location: Arctic

Date: 1915

Duration: 3 min 52 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

The whaler 'Herman' returns home to Alaska.

The whaler 'Herman' returns home. A glimpse of the midnight sun. Man handles the steering wheel of the ship during stormy weather. Waves splash over the deck. Men work to control the ship, adjust sails. Pressure from ice packs against the shore piles the ice up in large ridges. The large ridges in the water. The crew on the ship. The ship touches San Francisco. A pier on the coast.

Location: Arctic

Date: 1915

Duration: 3 min 45 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

The crew of the whaler Herman rigs out the ice breaker enroute to Herschel Island.

Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. The whaler enroute to Herschel Island. Captain Pedersen on the bridge. He looks through a telescope for an opening in the ice. Ice sheets. The crew rigs out the ice breaker. The ice breaker cuts through the ice sheet as the ship advances.

Location: Arctic Ocean

Date: 1915

Duration: 2 min 24 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Crew of the whaler 'Herman' trade for skins with natives of Kings Island.

The whaler 'Herman' reaches Kings Island. A village on the steep side of a cliff. Native women standing in the house. Natives move about in the houses. A dog sitting. Native men, women and children. Crew and Natives on the ship. They share a hunted Bowhead whale. Natives and crew eat whale meat. Natives get into boats and leave for shore. Crew checks skins after trading is done. Men with the skins on ship.

Location: Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Date: 1915

Duration: 3 min 10 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Crew of the whaler Herman hunt a Polar bear on Herschel Island.

Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. Polar bear hunting on Herschel Island. A Polar bear eating a seal on an ice floe. He jumps into the water and swims towards the shore. The bear comes ashore and runs inward. The crew in boats follow him ashore. They shoot the bear. Men hold the bear's mouth open. The dead bear. The dead seal on the floe.

Location: Herschel Island Arctic Ocean

Date: 1915

Duration: 3 min 40 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English