Aviator Carl B. Eielson with a group of men on docks, Seattle, 1929

• Main Author: Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Air pilots > Washington (State) > Seattle; Waterfronts > Washington (State) > Seattle; Piers & wharves > Washington (State) > Seattle; Boats > Washington (State) > Seattle; Photographers > Washington (State) > Seattle; Cameras > Washington (State) > Seattle; Eielson; Carl Benjamin; 1897-1929; Arctic; Bering Strait; Grand Forks; Norway; Svalbard; Wilkins; Barrow; Point Barrow; Spitzbergen; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/805

Carl Ben Eielson, originally from North Dakota, received pilot training through his service with the Army and later became known as "The Father of Alaskan Aviation." Abandoning flying for law school on the advice of his father, he made an Alaskan acquaintance and soon realized the possibil...