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Snowmobile caravan leaves Churchill
Snowmobile caravan leaves Churchill
TitleSnowmobile caravan leaves Churchill
ExpeditionExercise Muskox
AuthorCanada. Canadian Army
Photo IDAINA-53-17
Photo DescriptionSnowmobile caravan leaves Churchill on first lap of ambitious expedition. The moving force of Exercise Muskox is shown above pulling out of Churchill, Manitoba. Before them lie 3100 bleak miles of uncharted norhten barrens. To test vehicles and equipment, and problems of air supply, they will drive their 'snows' between walls of barrier ice and over frozen inland seas which never before have felt the crunch of machines.
Photo LocationCanada--Manitoba--Churchill (58 46 00 N, 094 10 00 W)
Custodial HistoryEarliest known custodian is McGill University, Montréal; transferred to University of Calgary in 1973.
InstitutionArctic Institute of North America
CollectionArctic Institute of North America Photo Collection
Date Issued1946
SubjectExercise Muskox, 1946 ; Churchill (Man.) ; Snowmobiles
Typeimage
Languageeng
Rightshttp://digitization.ucalgary.ca/index.php/Conditions_of_Use
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