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The dogs haul a load up a steep bank near Grand Detour, Slave River. April 1924. [Dogs and sled]. / Photographed by John Russell.

[Captions from photos :0713 and :0714:] The little rapids of the Rocher River [Riviere des Rochers, Alberta] flowing out of Lake Athabaska [Athabasca], were still open in March, when we went through. March 28, 1924.

Slave river. Dogteams climbing the bank. April 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

Souci King's home at Stony Is. [Island, on Great Slave Lake near Fort Resolution]. April 17th, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

The dog teams. April 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

The Gros Cap. April 23rd, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell. [Men and dogs on the ice].

Camp on Caribou Islands. April 22nd, 1924. / Photograph by John Russell. [Man in front of a tent in the snow].

Lunch on the ice. April 28th, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell. [Men and dogs having a break].

Red Rock Point on west coast of the North Arm. May 20th, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

Wrigley point west coast of the North Arm. May 19th, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

Rae Point, the Laferty [Lafferty?] house and the walls of the old mission [Fort Rae?]. May 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

Pinsky's store, Rae. May 9th, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

Fort Rae in May. May 9th, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

Gypsum Point, west coast of the North Arm, from the north. May 22nd, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

One more dog needed in the harness, and not just willing. [Man dragging dog toward harnesses]. May 26th, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

[Caption from photos :0747 and :0748]: The attempt to cross Great Slave Lake, May 26th, 1924. One of the great lanes of open water that forced us to turn back. May 26th, 1924. / Photographed by John Rusell. [Dog teams in the distance].

Where we turned back [because of open water on Great Slave Lake]. May 26th, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell. [Dog team on the ice, with canoes].

[Caption for photos :0755 and :0756]: The pressure between floating fields of ice is so great that the ice is raised in ridges, often eight or ten feet high. June 1, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

An on shore wind. Under pressure the ice stands on end. June 1st, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

North east point of Hardisty Island. Gypsum point in the distance. June 1st, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

The first good sized fish taken in the nets at Hardisty Is. [Island]. [Three men outside a tent with large fish strung on a pole]. June 3rd, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

[Caption for photos :0765 and :0766]: Big trout caught on the west side of the Arm, near Gypsum Point. June 8th, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell. [Man carrying large trout].

Whitefish, jackfish and trout, caught a few miles from Gypsum Pt. [Point]. [Men holding poles strung with fish]. June 8th, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

[Caption for photos :0769 and :0770]: Charlie shot two geese. Then he roasted them, using our folding camp stove as both oven and pan. Oatmeal made the dressing. [Men right to left:] Walter Jewett and Chas. MacDonald. June 15th, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.

The chief and the "Ptarmigan" [schooner] find us. Moraine Point in the distance. June 18th, 1924. / Photographed by John Russell.