Frobisher Bay, NWT
Photographs


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  1. Aerial photo of the airport and surrounding area - August 1948.
    Courtesy Transport Canada.

  2. Eskimo in a kayak in the bay - May 1948.
    Courtesy Charles Austin.

  3. Charles Austin sitting on a large rock above the site overlooking the bay - April 1948.
    Courtesy Charles Austin.

  4. Barges frozen in the bay - March 1948.
    They did not get out of the water before the first freeze in the fall of 1947.
    Courtesy Charles Austin.

  5. Looking South from the Hospital area - March 1948.
    The Radio Transmitter site is visible in the center of the photo.
    Courtesy Charles Austin.

  6. AF C-54 in the parking area and a C-119 (AF 7783) landing - March 1948.
    Courtesy Charles Austin.

  7. Charles Autin with his sled team - March 1948.
    The white dog (far left) was named King. Note the radio transmitter building in left background.
    Courtesy Charles Austin.

  8. An Air Force C-119 being refueled on the apron - March 1948.
    Courtesy Charles Austin.

  9. Charles E Spuce standing atop of an ice rupture in the bay - 10 February 1948.
    Courtesy Charles Austin.

  10. Our radio transmitter building - 10 February 1948.
    This building also served as my sleeping quarters most of the time.
    Courtesy Charles Austin.

  11. Charles Austin standing by the only ambulance at Frobisher Bay - 8 February 1948.
    Courtesy Charles Austin.

  12. Eskimo children with the sled and a sled dog - January 1948.
    Courtesy Charles Austin.


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