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A Trip To The Arctic With Uncle Sam 1921
About this film
"DOCUMENTARY: On a voyage of the Coast Guard cutter 'Bear' to the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. 'Bear' plies North Pacific ocean icefields. People at Point Barrow, Alaska, await cutter. On boundary monument between Canada and Alaska, Eskimo boys read small obelisk. At Point Hope, Alaska; igloos; Eskimos model fur clothing; whale bones fence cemetery. Reindeer herd. Eskimos board at Plover Bay, Russia, and accompanied by Soviet government representative, tour cutter. Eskimo man and boy dance for visitors on board." National Archives Identifier: 12687
Directors & creators
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Subjects
United States. Revenue-Cutter Service, Eskimos, Alaska, USS Bear, USCG, USS Bear (AG-29), USCGC Bear, Michael "Hell Roaring Mike" Healy, Healy, Michael A., 1839-1904