Snake River as seen from a jetty during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921

Caption on mount: Looking west from jetty-after river had opened. PH Coll 607.28 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...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
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Ice > Alaska > Nome
Rivers > Alaska
Snake River (Alaska)
Thawing > Alaska > Nome
Ice on rivers
lakes
etc. > Alaska > Snake River
Nome
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/2528 2023-05-15T17:23:54+02:00 Snake River as seen from a jetty 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/2528 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC3374 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2528 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 Ice--Alaska--Nome Rivers--Alaska Snake River (Alaska) Thawing--Alaska--Nome Ice on rivers lakes etc.--Alaska--Snake River Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:03:43Z Caption on mount: Looking west from jetty-after river had opened. PH Coll 607.28 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 Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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topic Ice--Alaska--Nome
Rivers--Alaska
Snake River (Alaska)
Thawing--Alaska--Nome
Ice on rivers
lakes
etc.--Alaska--Snake River
spellingShingle Ice--Alaska--Nome
Rivers--Alaska
Snake River (Alaska)
Thawing--Alaska--Nome
Ice on rivers
lakes
etc.--Alaska--Snake River
Snake River as seen from a jetty during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
topic_facet Ice--Alaska--Nome
Rivers--Alaska
Snake River (Alaska)
Thawing--Alaska--Nome
Ice on rivers
lakes
etc.--Alaska--Snake River
description Caption on mount: Looking west from jetty-after river had opened. PH Coll 607.28 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 Snake River as seen from a jetty during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_short Snake River as seen from a jetty during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_full Snake River as seen from a jetty during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_fullStr Snake River as seen from a jetty during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_full_unstemmed Snake River as seen from a jetty during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_sort snake river as seen from a jetty 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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Alaska
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Alaska
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
AWC3374
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2528
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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