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Typed information accompanying negatives: Graham Law was one of the two employees on T-3 working for Lamont in the summer of 1969. I believe that he was a student at Columiba University. We flew to T-3 on one of the NARL DC-3s on June 1, 1969. We had never met before, but in an odd coincidence we had once dated sisters when we were in high school. Note: T-3 Photographs - Roll F B&W negatives - June paradrop, 1969. There were three paradrops during the summer of 1969 performed by Navy C-130 planes from Elmendorf Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska. These are described in this website, http://www.firebirds.org/menu2/t3/t3_p02.htm On the receiving end of the paradrops on T-3, these days were the high points of...
USGS hydrohut with pressure ridges in the distance. T-3 (Fletcher's) Ice Island, Arctic Ocean. 1969.
Typed information accompanying photograph: Slide and print: USGS hydrohut with pressure ridges in the distance. Taken from the top of the Lamont hydrohut tower. Similar to B-16, but slightly different view. Note: T-3 Photographs - Roll B - Color slides April 1969. These photos were developed into Ektachrome slides in May of 1969. Some have deteriorated. Some were printed as color prints and these may be in better condition than the slides. A few slides were copied into Kodacolor slides. Some images are missing. Photos by Dave Scoboria.
Typed information accompanying negative: The ice boat: Several of the crew constructed an ice boat with sails made from parachutes. These photos show the ice boat in action. Note: T-3 Photographs - Roll I B&W negatives – August-September 1969 This roll shows activities during August and September 1969 on T-3. The summer season had now lasted two months. The weather grew cold. Photos by Dave Scoboria.
Typed information accompanying negative: Trail to the pressure ridges. Note: T-3 Photographs - Roll I B&W negatives – August-September 1969 This roll shows activities during August and September 1969 on T-3. The summer season had now lasted two months. The weather grew cold. Photos by Dave Scoboria.
Typed information accompanying negative: The ice boat: Several of the crew constructed an ice boat with sails made from parachutes. These photos show the ice boat in action. Note: T-3 Photographs - Roll I B&W negatives – August-September 1969 This roll shows activities during August and September 1969 on T-3. The summer season had now lasted two months. The weather grew cold. Photos by Dave Scoboria.
Typed information accompanying slides: Wreckage of abandoned huts, empty diesel drums, garbage, everything emerged out of the snow by the end of June. The ground was coated with soot from the generator smoke. June 1969. Similar to C-25. Link to this image listed in Web Links below. Note: T-3 Color slides - Roll C - Color slides June 1969. These photos were taken between June 6, 1969 and June 27, 1969 and developed in late 1969 into Kodacolor slides after returning from T-3. One slide has deteriorated. Photos by Dave Scoboria, except for C-6.
Typed information accompanying slides: DC-3 planes were used for regular flights to T-3. These had limited payloads because of the long distance (800 miles) from T-3 to Barrow. The plane on June 6, 1969 was not supposed to be the final plane before the summer season. The weather bureau employee shown in this photo was scheduled to leave on the flight, but either because of payload issues or possibly training needed for the weather bureau summer crew, he chose to wait for the next plane. The weather warmed suddenly and the final plane could not land on the T-3 runway. He was stranded on T-3 for four months until the first plane of the fal season landed on October 3, 1969. Note: T-3 Color slides - Roll C - Color...
Information about photograph: USGS living quarters on T-3 Ice Island. 02/25/63. Art Lachenbruch, USGS, in photograph.
Typed information accompanying photograph: Print and slide. Lamont hydrohut in the foreground, USGS hydrohut in the distance. Probably early March. Poor focus. Note: T-3 Photographs - Roll A - Color slides February - March 1969. These photos were taken during February and March of 1969 and developed into Ektachrome slides in May of 1969. Some have deteroriated. When the slides were new some of them were printed as color prints. Some prints don't have matching slides. A few slides were copied as Kodacolor slides some time during the 1970s and there are some duplicate slides. The Kodacolor slides have not deteriorated. Some images are missing. (Photos on Roll A taken by Dave Scoboria)
Typed information accompanying slides: Gary Willinski and camera taking photographs of the Lamont work trailer move. June 1969. Note: T-3 Color slides - Roll C - Color slides June 1969. These photos were taken between June 6, 1969 and June 27, 1969 and developed in late 1969 into Kodacolor slides after returning from T-3. One slide has deteriorated. Photos by Dave Scoboria, except for C-6.
The T-3 (Fletcher's) Ice Island in the Arctic Ocean was the site of a scientific research station re-established by the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory starting in 1962. Starting in 1963, the USGS acquired marine heat flow data and coincident sediment cores at sites in Canada Basin, Nautilus Basin, Mendeleev Ridge, and Alpha Ridge as the ice island drifted in the Amerasian Basin. At least 584 heat flow penetrations were attempted, and data were reported at 356 of these. This dataset is the enhanced version of the original data table from Lachenbruch and others (2019; see cross-reference), incorporating additional information such as the probable dates of measurement, physiographic province and surficial geology...
Typed information accompanying negative: GM camp in the distance: The GM camp appeared close in the light of summer. Note: T-3 Photographs - Roll I B&W negatives – August-September 1969 This roll shows activities during August and September 1969 on T-3. The summer season had now lasted two months. The weather grew cold. Photos by Dave Scoboria.
Typed information accompanying slide: Smoke from the dump. The trash was burned regularly. June 1969. Note: T-3 Color slides - Roll C - Color slides June 1969. These photos were taken between June 6, 1969 and June 27, 1969 and developed in late 1969 into Kodacolor slides after returning from T-3. One slide has deteriorated. Photos by Dave Scoboria, except for C-6.
Typed information accompanying slide: Ice lake in front of hydrohut. Stu with a packing crate boat. Stu worked for either University of Washington or University of Alaska in 1969. This series of photos took place on a sunny day in late June. There was a lake between the camp and the Lamont trailer. Stu found a packing crate and makeshift paddle and went boating. Similar to C-20, C-22, C-23. Links to these images listed in Web Links below. Note: T-3 Color slides - Roll C - Color slides June 1969. These photos were taken between June 6, 1969 and June 27, 1969 and developed in late 1969 into Kodacolor slides after returning from T-3. One slide has deteriorated. Photos by Dave Scoboria, except for C-6.
Typed information accompanying negative: Hydrohut: Possibly the Lamont hydrohut. Note: T-3 Photographs - Roll I B&W negatives – August-September 1969 This roll shows activities during August and September 1969 on T-3. The summer season had now lasted two months. The weather grew cold. Photos by Dave Scoboria.
Typed information accompanying negative: Hauling a load back to camp: Bob Sutton driving the cat, the crew sits on top of the crates. There is a congenial spirit of cooperation at these camp activities. A small amount of beer was included among the supplies which lasted a few days, otherwise the camp was dry that summer. It was a year later that homemade raisin wine led to the events in whicdh Bennie Lightsy, the camp manager was shot and killed. Bennie worked on T-3 as a Weather Bureau employee for three months in the spring of 1969. Note: T-3 Photographs - Roll F B&W negatives - June paradrop, 1969. There were three paradrops during the summer of 1969 performed by Navy C-130 planes from Elmendorf Air Force Base...
Typed information accompanying negative: Looking out the window of one of the trailers. There were a group of college students working on T-3 in the summer of 1969, including the crews from Lamont, Univ. of Alaska, and U of W. This group tended to socialize together. Note: T-3 Photographs - Roll G B&W negatives – July 4,1969 This roll of photographs was mostly taken on July 4, 1969. There was a camp get together and celebration that day. There was no alcohol on T-3 at that point. Bob Sutton chose an abandoned hut to burn and that event was the high point of the day. (Photos on Roll G taken by Dave Scoboria)
Handwritten information accompanying photograph: Maybe GM camp.
Typed information accompanying negative: The C-130 plane appeared out of the clouds, dropped its load and disappeared again, all within a matter of thirty seconds. Note: T-3 Photographs - Roll F B&W negatives - June paradrop, 1969. There were three paradrops during the summer of 1969 performed by Navy C-130 planes from Elmendorf Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska. These are described in this website, http://www.firebirds.org/menu2/t3/t3_p02.htm On the receiving end of the paradrops on T-3, these days were the high points of the summer season. This roll documents the first paradrop, which occurred in late June on a cloudy day. The loads were delivered on target to the camp runway without mishap. The second...
Typed information accompanying slide: Returning to camp. Bob Sutton, camp leader, had loaned us the camp weasel to cross the island to retrieve the gear. The equipment included gear, heater, hose and other items. Similar to D-7. Link to this photograph is listed below in Web Links. Note: T-3 Color slides - Roll D - Color slides September 1969. These photos were developed in late 1969 after I returned from T-3 and made into Kodacolor slides. Photos by Dave Scoboria.
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