View from the icebreaker, USS Burton Island (AGB-1) as she approaches the two-square-mile King Island, at the Western most tip of Alaska. A village of simple dwellings is seen on the sharply sloped rocky side of the island. Local inhabitants gather at the shore to greet the arriving icebreaker. The crew lowers a gangway and villagers accept the invitation to come aboard the ship. The local Priest, Village Leader, and two school teachers are among several local people seen on the ship's deck during their visit. Eskimo women and children wait on shore with their children until being assured by their leaders and men that it is safe for them to visit. Several of the ship's company are invited to visit the village and are seen climbing up the steep way upward. View of house perched against steep mountainside, with skin boat laid up for winter, underneath. Clothing on washline. A larger building with a short wave radio. View from high up in village toward the icebreaker. Sailors climbing down the steep stairs from the village at the end of their visit. Some of them slip and slide down the hillside. Crew try hand at catching king crab through a hole in the ice. A large catch of king crab. View from the icebreaker as she departs Southward away from King Island.
Whaler "Herman" on a polar expedition in the Diomedes Islands, Alaska. A man tries to catch a seal in a snow covered area. A boat amidst snow. A man clears snow from the area.
Views from moving train on Alaska railroad. Ice floating in water with snow covered hills in the background. View from the top of a glacier. Sun sets at the horizon with bay in the foreground. Full moon in sky over lake. Trees silhouetted.
McKinley National Park in Alaska, United States. Man in overalls and cowboy hat walks past a biplane parked on an airfield. The airplane is powered by a radial engine equipped with exhaust collector ring and pipe extending below lower wing to reduce noise in the cockpit. A runway is visible behind the aircraft tail, and trailers or fuel tanks, or airplanes are grouped on other side of runway, with high mountains in background. Tourist Tents erected on a field at the Savage river campsite. A view of the Teklaneka river valley surrounded by mountains. A dirt road (highway) can be seen.
Mount McKinley Park in Alaska, United States. Colorful flowers blossom at igloo creek. A mountain goat is seen along the slope. A man on a cliff looks through a pair of binoculars as another sets up a camera. Snow covered mountains in distance.
Mount McKinley Park in Alaska, United States. Rangers patrol the snow covered area with Mt. McKinley in the background. Starved sheep being fed by a Ranger's wife. A group of puppies -- future sled dogs -- sit on a table.
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