Ada Blackjack scraping seal skins on Wrangel Island

“Ada cleaning a seal skin”–Caption from item. #329, “Ada Blackjack, Sole Survivor of the Wrangel Island Expedition, cleaning a Seal Skin. Skins Are Valuable in the Arctic Not Only For Clothing, but Also When There is No Meat In The larder, For Food For The Husky Dogs.”–Caption from typescript key.

Milton Galle, blowing up a seal skin, called a pok or poke, the Inuit oil can

“From Noice story installments 6 and 7 ‘Milton Galle, the youngest of the Wrangel Island adventurers, blowing up a seal skin pok (pronounced ‘poke’) the Eskimo oil can.”–Caption from item. #327, “Milton Galle, the Youngest of the Wrangel Island Adventurers, Blowing up a Seal Skin Pok (pronounced “poke”),the Eskimo Oil Can.”–Caption from typescript key.