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Cache on tributary of Inglutalik River. Shaktolik district, Seward Peninsula region, Alaska. 1915.

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1915

Summary

Album caption: Cache on tributary of Inglutalik River. Handwritten notes on album caption: Alaska - Seward Penin. - Shaktolik dist. Norton Bay quad. Showing bear proof method. General collection album caption: Frequently during exploratory work like that of the Geological Survey it is impossible or undersirable to carry all of the expedition's supplies. At such times it is necessary to protect the material left behind against destruction by the weather or by animals. Explorers have adopted the word "cache" from the old French voyageurs for the articles thus "hidden" or for the places in which they are stored. Caches may be of many kinds from temporary to semi-permanent. In the cache shown in this picture the 200 or 300 pounds [...]

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Data Owner :
U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Eakin, Henry Miner

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Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Eakin, H.M. Collection. Also available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, General collection subject album.

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