Miscellaneous papers, photographs and printed material., 1913-1931, undated.
Scope and Contents
Includes:
Photocopy of front cover of 'Childrens newspaper', 1 November 1924, relating to bodies of party from the 'Karluk' found on Herald Island, off Siberia.
Incomplete typescript account of 'Karluk' expedition, apparently the original version of newspaper articles by William McKinlay for the 'Peoples journal', 1915.
Table of meteorological observations, probably taken on board the 'Karluk' during October 1913.
Wallet of miscellaneous photographs relating to Alaska, the Arctic and the 'Karluk' expedition.
Printed map of the Arctic Ocean.
Booklets:
'The death of Albert Johnson', by Frank W Anderson (the story of the hunting down by police of 'the mad trapper of Rat river', 1931).
'The Krasinsky booklet', a work in Russian relating to the history of Wrangel Island and Russia's claims to sovereignty, together with a synopsis and explanation in English, 1925.
Catalogue of exhibition by Herbert G Ponting of his photographs taken during the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913.
Dates
- Creation: 1913-1931, undated.
Creator
- From the Record Group: McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 (Person)
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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