Eskimos in umiaks alongside the GEO. W. ELDER, Plover Bay, Siberia, July 1899.

• Main Author: Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Yuit Eskimos > Clothing & dress > Russia (Federation) > Plover Bay; Steamboats > Russia (Federation) > Plover Bay; Leather garments > Russia (Federation) > Plover Bay; Fur garments; Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); George W. Elder (Steamship); Yuit Eskimos > Boats > Russia (Federation) > Plover Bay; Parkas > Russia (Federation) > Plover Bay; Plover Bay (Russia); Bering Strait; Plover Bay; eskimo*; Alaska; Siberia; walrus*
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/harriman/id/181

From album entitled: A Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, May - August, 1899. Volume II, Cook Inlet to Bering Strait and the Return Voyage, leaf 157, right. Umiaks were boats made of walrus skins stretched over wooden frames. Caption on image: Eskimos in Umiaks, Plover Bay, Siberia Photogra...