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The Arctic Field Party (1949-1951)
The Big Meltdown
The Arctic Field Party
Weasel traveling over frozen lake during spring melt period
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Lieutenant Francis Popper driving a weasel during magneticobservation operations.
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Weasel traveling through the snow with bare tundra in backgroundWeasel driver - Lieutenant Commander Francis X. Popper
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Open water to left, bare tundra to the rightWeasel takes path of least resistance over strip of snow
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Base camp at Oliktok Point
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Building a visual hydrographic signal on the tundra.
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Lieutenant Francis Popper preparing to make magnetic observationswith a transit magnetometer.
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Harley Nygren observing magnetic field
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Checking the angles - Wild T-2 theodolite carrying case in right foreground
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A siksikpuk (an Arctic ground squirrel)
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The spring melt at Oliktok Point
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The spring melt continues - bare tundra is seen
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1950 era map of Alaska.
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Aircraft unloading in the distance - spring melt well under way
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An offshore tide gage.
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Flying over southeast Alaska mountain peaks on the way home at end of the season
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At last enough ice has melted - time to launch the boats
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