Frobisher Bay, NWT
Photographs


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  1. Winter in the Arctic - November 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  2. (L-R) Captain Nick Kish and Lt. John Ellis - October 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  3. A MATS DC-4 on departure from Frobisher Bay - October 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  4. A MATS DC-4 on arrival at Frobisher Bay - October 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  5. Eskimo men going to work for the day - October 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  6. The Eskimo summer village at Frobisher Bay - October 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  7. Lt. William Harvey standing 1 mile beyond the high tide mark with the Eskimo village in the background - September 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  8. The tanker USS Wacissa was aground on a large rock - September 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  9. The tide is in, just 12 hours after the previous photo - September1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  10. The tide is out. There was a 6,000 foot limit with a depth variation of between 25 and 50 feet - September 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  11. Eskimos ferrying Co A 973rd Engr. out to the USS General Hersey (arrow). We were left behind - September 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  12. The sea inlet with low mountains in the background - September 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  13. David E Morton standing by a jeep with the Eskimo village in the background - September 1952.
    If the tide was in at this moment, the jeep would be under 25 feet of water.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  14. The tide is out a distance of 6,000 feet - September 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  15. A small waterfall where the river opened into the sea - September 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  16. A fresh grave in the Eskino graveyard - September 1952.
    Bodies could not be buried deeper than six feet until midsummer because of the permafrost.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  17. An Eskimo graveyard at Frobisher Bay - September 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  18. Cpl Ted Hancox (RCAF) and my Eskimo patients - September 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  19. Easkimos eating blubber and murto (whaleskin) - August 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  20. Eskinos butchering the carcass of a white whale - August 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  21. A young Eskimo boy near a heater on the beach with a DUKW in the background - August 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  22. Captain Daily and a young Eskimo friend - August 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  23. The beach at Frobisher Bay with the Eskimo "tent city" in the distance - August 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  24. General view at Frobisher Bay - August 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.


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Updated: February 18, 2002