Resolution Island, NWT
Photographs


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  1. Aerial photo of the site - September 1955.
    Note that there are now two radomes in position.
    Courtesy Glenn Watts.

  2. Special Orders 149, page 1 of 8. Para 6 - 10 August 1955.
    Courtesy Jack Wheat.

  3. Special Orders 149, page 3 of 8. Promotions - 10 August 1955.
    Courtesy Jack Wheat.

  4. Special Orders 149, page 7 of 8. Para 19 - 10 August 1955.
    Courtesy Jack Wheat.

  5. Special Orders 149, page 8 of 8. Para 27 and Para 28 - 10 August 1955.
    Courtesy Jack Wheat.

  6. Special Orders 127, Para 6 - 6 July 1955.
    Courtesy Jack Wheat.

  7. This is the USAF C-47 that I flew out on - May 1955.
    Courtesy Bill Parsley.

  8. Certificate of Honorable Duty - May 1955.
    Courtesy Bill Parsley.

  9. Our single radar tower and radome - May 1955.
    Courtesy Bill Parsley.

  10. Ice accumulation on the HF communications antenna - May 1955.
    Courtesy Bill Parsley.

  11. HF communications antenna - April 1955.
    Courtesy Bill Parsley.

  12. Bleak countryside at the best of times - April 1955.
    Courtesy Bill Parsley.

  13. The original rubber radome and an assortment of domestic site buildings - April 1955.
    Courtesy Bill Parsley.

  14. Parabolic Troposcatter and the HF communications antenna - April 1955.
    Courtesy Bill Parsley.

  15. You could see the upper site POL tank as well as the radome from the airstrip - March 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  16. The HF antenna - March 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  17. Resolution Island was really a barren place. If you looked away from the buildings there was nothing but snow and rocks - March 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  18. Looking from the back of the site, this is a view from the back stoop of the Enlisted Men's Lounge - March 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  19. The communications dishes were truly spectacular to watch at sunset - March 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  20. What do you suppose would bring all these folks out into the February cold - February 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  21. We had never seen an Eskimo before. These guys lived with their families at the other end of the island and they came to visit - February 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  22. Everybody wanted their pictures taken with our visitors - February 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  23. Even First Sergeant McKenna and one of the cooks came out to see the Eskimos - February 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  24. Major McNamara (center) also wanted pictures. The man between the Major and the Eskimos is Robert E Carroll. One should also note the construction at the radar tower - February 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  25. The Canadian weather observer stationed at the other end of the island came to visit in January - January 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  26. This rather curious looking half-track vehicle was supposed to be used for and extended trips. We didn't make any - January 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  27. We often remarked that this was the only female on Resolution Island - January 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  28. Snow blower clearing snow by the civilian construction barracks at the upper POL compund - January 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  29. Search radar tower and radome. Note that there is only one radome and that it is the original black vulcanized rubber held in position with air pressure. The height finder radar tower to the right does not have the equipment or the radome in place - January 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  30. Close up photo of the search radar tower and radome - January 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.

  31. Another view of the search radar tower and radome with assorted buildings and connecting catwalks - January 1955.
    Courtesy Chuck Farrar.


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