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On Horseback, Dog Sled
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Packing up.Triangulation party of William M. Scaife.
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Cold day- cold horses --- near Station Schist.Nearing the end of the season.Triangulation party of William M. Scaife.
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Pack train at the top of Mauna Loa.Astro Party of E. J. Brown.World Longitude Network.
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Getting Out - Horses helping horsepower.Level party of Herman Odessey.
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Wrangler with horses on 49th Parallel.Triangulation party of Ector B. Latham.Boundary survey of U.S. - Canada border.
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Jasper Bilby with light reconnaissance buggy.Reconnaissance party of Jasper Bilby.The 98th Meridian survey was the first great North-South arc in the U.S.
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Two kinds of horsepower.Crossing the Red River near Granite, Oklahoma.Triangulation party of E. O. Heaton.
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Going to work by horse and oxcart.Believed to be Roland Horne on horseback.
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Slogging through the snowfields.The country behind Station Twin.Triangulation party of William M. Scaife.
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Spring reconnaissance with pack-dogs after leaving the railroad at Cantwell.Each dog could carry about 30 pounds.Triangulation party of William M. Scaife.
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Fording a small stream with pack-dogs after leaving the railroad at Cantwell.Each dog could carry about 30 pounds.Triangulation party of William M. Scaife.
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The trip across the snowfields.Triangulation party of William M. Scaife.
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Spring reconnaissance in the Broad Pass District.After leaving the railroad at Cantwell.Triangulation party of William M. Scaife
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Dog sled trip up the 141st Meridian to the Arctic Ocean.International Boundary Party under Assistant John H. Turner.Traveled from Porcupine to Arctic Ocean and back in 18 days.A round trip of over 400 miles --- lowest temperature was -50 Fahrenheit.
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Traveling by human power - rickshaw ride in the Orient.On the way over to the Philippines.
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A bad fall on the way to Station Gallatin.Idaho-Montana 1922.Triangulation party of William M. Scaife
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Result of the fall - micrometer arm of theodolite broken off.Idaho-Montana 1922.Triangulation party of William M. Scaife
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In climbing to Station Gallatin, the horses took some bad rolls.Idaho-Montana 1922.Triangulation party of William M. Scaife
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On the way to Station Gallatin.Bad country for horsesTriangulation party of William M. Scaife
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On the way to Gallatin Peak - high peak to left.Where do we go from here?Triangulation party of William M. Scaife
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