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- Dining room at Christmas - December 1957.
Courtesy Gene Smith.
- Frozen lake - December 1957.
Courtesy Gene Smith.
- Another view of the frozen lake - December 1957.
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- Rec room and the typical pastime "drinking beer" (L-R) First Sgt (standing) and Gene Smith in the red shirt. The other three seated men were Canadian diesel operators - December 1957.
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- Looking down on the lake - December 1957.
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- Memorandum on Water Conservation - 26 November 1957.
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- A squirrel in a tree - November 1957.
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- Gene Smith and his camera out for a walk - November 1957.
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- Dining and Rec Room area - November 1957.
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- Gene Smith looking at the transmitter section of the FPS-14 radar set - November 1957.
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- Gene Smith resting on his cot - November 1957.
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- Jospeh Valentine (Val) Brown's daughter at their home on the south shore of Fox Harbour - November 1957.
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- Waiting for a helicopter arrival at the pad - November 1957.
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- Airman Jackson trying to walk the path to Fox Harbour - November 1957.
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- Airman Jackson eventually falls on the steep path - November 1957.
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- The kludge and the Weasle. The radar site is on the hill to the right, obscured by fog - November 1957.
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- Desolation across the miles. POL tank in lower left corner - November 1957.
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- View of the ocean west of the site - October 1957.
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- Gene Smith with a shotgun used to shoot ducks - October 1957.
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- Kludge rigged to pump water from the lake to the site. Gene Smith in the photo - October 1957.
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- Taking the Weasle for a ride. Note the kludge in the background - October 1957.
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- Weasle hauling a small boat to the lake - October 1957.
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- Beautiful sunset to the north - October 1957.
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- Another sunset - October 1957.
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- FPS-14 radar tower and radome. Digging to install Troposcatter commonications antenna footings - September 1957.
Courtesy Gene Smith.
- Resupply ship in the harbor, taken from the road at the site - September 1957.
Courtesy Gene Smith.
- USAF vehicle waiting for supplies from the resupply ship - September 1957.
Courtesy Gene Smith.
- USAF Otter seaplane landing in the harbor - August 1957.
Courtesy Gene Smith.
- Looking north across the harbor as a USAF SA-16 seaplane brings in supplies - July 1957.
Courtesy Gene Smith.
- USAF SA-16 seaplane lands in the harbor - July 1957.
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- Floating dock for sea planes - July 1957.
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- Looking north from the site towards the lake - July 1957.
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- Rocky coast at the ocean - July 1957.
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- A Russian fishing boat. I wonder why they were at Fox Harbour? - June 1957.
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- Gene Smith's room - June 1957.
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- Gene Smith with the local RCMP and his dog - June 1957.
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- Helicopter welcomed with refuelling pump - June 1957.
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- Setting up the drum to refuel the helicopter - June 1957.
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- Ice flow as seen from the site - May 1957.
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- Smaller lake west of the site - May 1957.
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- Large iceberg. Note how small the ships are in size compared to the iceberg - May 1957.
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- Making music in the kitchen. The Hatfield brothers were cooks (one playing the guitar and the other looking at the camera). Others were Radar Operators - May 1957.
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- Looking across the harbor towards the north shore of Fox Harbour - April 1957.
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- Looking north across the harbor from the main part of Fox Harbour - April 1957.
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- USAF helicopter bringing in food and mail to the site - April 1957.
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- View of the Gap Filler site. (L-R) Fuel tank, disaster building, main building, radar tower and radome for FPS-14 search radar. Note the H-21 helicopter shadow in the foreground. This photo was taken by Gene Smith from the Helo pad - April 1957.
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- Fox Harbour AFS as seen from the helicopter pad. Note the Weasle in the left foreground - April 1957.
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- Fox Harbour Gap Filler Air Force Station - April 1957.
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- Gene Smith on right getting ready to depart for Fox Harbour - 8 March 1957.
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- Even though we were civilian Tech Reps, we were required to wear the Air Force uniform with this Tech Rep patch on the shoulder - March 1957.
Courtesy Gene Smith.
- Partial view of the Fox Harbour Gap Filler site as seen from a helicopter - March 1957.
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- Cartwright AFS as seen from a helicopter - March 1957.
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- Gene Smith evaluating the snow depth at Goose Bay - March 1957.
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- (L-R) Gene Smith, Tech Rep for Fox Harbour and Bud Berryman, Tech Rep for Spotted Island in front of the Polaris Hotel, (Officers Transit Quarters) at Goose Bay - March 1957.
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- (L-R) unidentified Tech Rep for Cut Throat Island and Bud Berryman, Tech Rep for Spotted Island in front of the Polaris Hotel, (Officer's Transit Quarters) at Goose Bay - March 1957.
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- Flight from Pepperrell AFB to Goose AB - March 1957.
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- Flight from Pepperrell AFB to Goose AB - March 1957.
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- Living quarters at Pepperrell AFB - March 1957.
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- Flight to Pepperrell AFB in Newfoundland - March 1957.
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- Bendix FPS-14 class in the Curtis-Wright Hangar at Pimlico, MD - March 1957.
Back row (L-R) - William Clark (Instructor), unknown, Roy Rose (Cut Throat Island), Gene Smith (Fox Harbour), unknown, Vic Malange, Cy Thomas. Front row (L-R) Al Hall (deceased), Walter "Bud" Berryman (Spotted Isle), Donald Siekmeier (St. Anthony).
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- Transportation Authorization Orders. Number 2476, page 1/2 - 26 February 1957.
Courtesy Gene Smith.
- Transportation Authorization Orders. Number 2476, page 2/2 - 26 February 1957.
Courtesy Gene Smith.
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