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Soviet breaker Krassin’ and aircraft on the ice nearby Probably taken during the search for Nobile

See also glass plate negative 259. Airplane; Ice; Ship, Krassin; Ship, Nobile

Fish camp and fish wheel on the Yukon at mouth of the Nordenskiold River

See also glass plate negative 181 for close shoot of a fish wheel.Cache; Camp; Erosion; Flora, tree; Fish wheel; Habitation, tent; Photographer, Mason; Shoreline; River, Nordenskiold; River, Yukon

Fort Yukon – picnic in snow (in) back of hospital

Flora, tree; Fort Yukon; Mason, Beatrice; Mason, Willoughby (?); Mission; Photographer, Mason; Recreation, picnic.

Woodpile for steamboat across from Fort Yukon

Boat, steam; Flora; Fort Yukon; Photographer, Mason

Rampart House In foreground cabin of Corporal & Mrs Arthur B Thornwaite Shows Can-Alaska Mt to right of center in the background

Flora; Cache; Habitation, log, tent; Individual, male; Mountain; Photographer, Mason; River; Shoreline; Thornewaite, Corporal; Thornwaite, Mrs. Arthur B.; River, unidentified

Frost flowers on river ice Mason photo

Ice flower; Lake; Photographer, Mason; Shoreline; River, unidentified

Other end of Mrs Mason’s lake (dscovered by Mrs Mason)

Flora, tree; Lake; Mason, Beatrice; Photographer, Mason

Lake discovered by Mrs Mason about 30 miles up the Whitestone River from their cabin – about 30 miles south of Arctic Circle

Flora, tree; Lake; Mason, Beatrice; Photographer, Mason; River, Whitestone

Meat cache near Mason’s cabin

Cache; Flora; Ladder; “Masonland”; Photographer, Mason; Snow

Willoughby Mason (?) sitting by tent

Flora; Habitation, tent; “Masonland”; Mason, Willoughby (?); Photographer, Mason; Pipe

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The Circumpolar Navigator project aims to bring together Arctic and sub-Arctic materials from a wide range of northern heritage archives and special collections that will provide access for modern researchers to previously hidden sources of information that can offer data and insights on multiple subjects.

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