Sea ice after blasting during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921

Caption on mount: Looking north from Sea-Ice after blasting. PH Coll 607.3 In the spring, frozen ice begins to break up opening waterways in Alaska waters. This thawed ice can cause damage to the natural environment, man made water channels, piers, seawalls and riverbanks. To help prevent this damag...

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Wooden buildings > Alaska > Nome
Sea ice > Alaska
Thawing > Alaska
Nome (Alaska) > Buildings
structures
etc
Nome
Sea ice
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/2515 2023-05-15T17:23:54+02:00 Sea ice after blasting during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division United States--Alaska--Nome 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2008. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2515 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC3361 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2515 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Photographs of Work on Nome Harbor During Break-Up. PH Coll 607 Wooden buildings--Alaska--Nome Sea ice--Alaska Thawing--Alaska Nome (Alaska)--Buildings structures etc Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:03:43Z Caption on mount: Looking north from Sea-Ice after blasting. PH Coll 607.3 In the spring, frozen ice begins to break up opening waterways in Alaska waters. This thawed ice can cause damage to the natural environment, man made water channels, piers, seawalls and riverbanks. To help prevent this damage from occurring, explosives are used to break up the ice and create pathways in which the ice can travel. Other/Unknown Material Nome Sea ice Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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topic Wooden buildings--Alaska--Nome
Sea ice--Alaska
Thawing--Alaska
Nome (Alaska)--Buildings
structures
etc
spellingShingle Wooden buildings--Alaska--Nome
Sea ice--Alaska
Thawing--Alaska
Nome (Alaska)--Buildings
structures
etc
Sea ice after blasting during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
topic_facet Wooden buildings--Alaska--Nome
Sea ice--Alaska
Thawing--Alaska
Nome (Alaska)--Buildings
structures
etc
description Caption on mount: Looking north from Sea-Ice after blasting. PH Coll 607.3 In the spring, frozen ice begins to break up opening waterways in Alaska waters. This thawed ice can cause damage to the natural environment, man made water channels, piers, seawalls and riverbanks. To help prevent this damage from occurring, explosives are used to break up the ice and create pathways in which the ice can travel.
author2 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
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title Sea ice after blasting during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_short Sea ice after blasting during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_full Sea ice after blasting during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_fullStr Sea ice after blasting during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_full_unstemmed Sea ice after blasting during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_sort sea ice after blasting during the breakup of ice in nome harbor, alaska, spring of 1921
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op_coverage United States--Alaska--Nome
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Sea ice
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op_source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Photographs of Work on Nome Harbor During Break-Up. PH Coll 607
op_relation Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
AWC3361
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2515
op_rights For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
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