Building the snow walls for the snowhouse

“Building the snow walls (on principles entirely different from the real Eskimo snowhouse) for the outer house within which the tents were to be pitched”–Caption from item. #666

Vic, the cat from the Wrangel Island expedition

“The pet of the expedition, named Vic because, as a kitten, she had been presented to the expedition by the crew of the steamship Victoria which took the part from Seattle to Nome”–Caption from item. #667