Arctic Beauty in Black and White: Alaska Before the Effects of Global Warming [Slide Show]
Photographs from the World War II era not only helped to map northern Alaska but also captured its majesty
Credits: U.S.Navy8 Peaks in the southern Brooks Range, near the confluence of the John River and Allen River. U.S. Navy
7 Foothills of the central part of the northern Brooks Range. U.S. Navy
6 Foothills of the northern Brooks Range, not far from Ivotuk. U.S. Navy
5 A bend in the Colville River, near Umiat. U.S. Navy
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4 Snow-filled gullies along the Colville River, on the North Slope. U.S. Navy
3 The Nimiuktuk River (a tributary of the Noatak River), in the western Brooks Range. U.S. Navy
2 The uplands, far west on the North Slope.
... U.S. Navy
1 A schematic map of northern Alaska.
... Melissa Thomas
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