Title

Northern Alaska Exploring Expedition, 1884-1886. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Northern Alaska Exploring Expedition, 1884-1886. Unloading of supplies from the San Francisco schooner "Viking" onto sand-spit known as Pipe Spit, or Camp Purcell, Alaska. Exploration of the Kobuk River and northern parts of Alaska, led by Lieutenant George M. Stoney of the U.S. Navy. Specimens were collected for the United States National Museum.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A87_186

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Rights managed

Available size

85,2Mb (1,3Mb) / 20,4in x 16,3in / 6106 x 4875 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation river sea education discovery exploration ship ships geography Alaska Arctic photography century unloading concept negative B&W discovering sailing ship sailing ships United States of America Smithsonian Institution 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W Educational Institution nineteenth century geographical feature scientific institution TGN photograph Unknown Heritage Art glass negative 19th-century Glass negatives 8 x 10 Kobuk River Putnam River George Morse Stoney Stoney George Morse George M. Stoney George M. Lieutenant George Morse Stoney Lieutenant George M. Stoney