CARPENTER-WHITNEY EXPEDITION--ALASKA Part 2

Description

Reel 1, shows the route of the Carpenter-Whitney expedition on a map of Alaska. The expedition's ship passes sea gulls and sea lions. A train leaves Anchorage with the expedition. Shows the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines near Fairbanks; deer, goats, sheep, and husky dogs. The expedition departs from the Arctic Circle and eats lunch on a river bank. Reel 2 shows a trapper's camp, dogs pulling a toboggan through the forest and a small boat along a river, a salmon wheel, and caribou. Part 3 shows ptarmigan, wild foxes, and sheep. A bear charges a cameraman. Reel 4, a game commissioner arrives at Tustumena Lake.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior

Series

Motion Picture Film Documentation of the Diverse Activities of the Department of the Interior