ARCTIC.

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Album of original photographs recording Hudson's Bay Company activities along the Arctic coast. A wide-ranging collection, comprising many high-quality informal snapshot images of a Hudson's Bay Company expedition, with many images of crew, dogs, boats, and seaplanes, as well as fine portraits of Inuit people. It includes images of the St. Roch, the first vessel to traverse the North West Passage from west to east, and her skipper, Henry Larsen.Most images may have been captured by a young HBC crewmember identified as "Farnie", a native of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, who is in several snapshots. He appears to have been involved in the construction of the HBC trading post on the Kugaryuak River (c. 1928-38) and for a while served at the nearby Bernard Harbour post. He also made voyages along the Arctic coast of Canada on board the HBC steamer Baychimo.Important photos capture company posts in modern-day Nunavut, including those in Tree River, Bernard Harbour, Perry River, Coppermine/Fort Hearne, Bathurst Inlet, and Cambridge Bay. Images depict the construction of the HBC post on the Kugaryuak, and others show Arctic floatplanes at Bernard Harbour and elsewhere. These planes likely belonged to the 1929 expedition party of the "Dominion Explorers" mining company from Toronto, led by Colonel Cyril MacAlpine. Among them are the CH-300 Bellanca Pacemaker CF-AKI, flown by Canadian fighter ace Wilfrid "Mop" May, that was the first to deliver airmail to Canada's Arctic coast. The images

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