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- Cover of the Christmas menu - December 1957.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- Inside of the Christmas menu - December 1957.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- The search radome barely visible with recent snowfall - December 1957.
Courtesy James Emerson.
- Nothing to see in any direction - November 1957.
Courtesy James Emerson.
- Definitely not the place to get lost in - November 1957.
Courtesy James Emerson.
- Two USAF helicopters at the airstrip - November 1957.
Courtesy James Emerson.
- Barracks in the site with a recent snowfall - November 1957.
Courtesy James Emerson.
- A "Wheeler Airlines" DC-3 at the airstrip - October 1957.
Courtesy James Emerson.
- An early snowfall blankets the entire area - October 1957.
Courtesy James Emerson.
- The search radar radome - October 1957.
Courtesy James Emerson.
- A communications antenna - October 1957.
Courtesy James Emerson.
- A USAF helicopter at the airstrip - September 1957.
Courtesy James Emerson.
- Our pets "Queenie" and "Smokie" - September 1957.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- Smokie just didn't want to work - September 1957.
According to the DOT Eskimo (Henry), Smokie was the biggest Eskimo dog he had ever seen. He decided he would take him as a sled dog - harnessed him up and then watched as his other dogs dragged Smokie for a while. Smokie simply wouldn't run or pull. Finally Henry cut the traces and let him come back to the site.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- I never saw this Bombardier move during the entire year that I was at Resolution Island - September 1957.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- Three airmen pose for the camera - August 1957.
(L-R) - unknown, unknown, Skip "manny" Stolz
Note the icebergs in the water.
Courtesy James Emerson.
- This was a para drop of fresh vegetables etc at the 1500 foot airstrip - August 1957.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- Troposcatter communications antenna - August 1957.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- Unidentified communications antennae - August 1957.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- This helicopter visted from a ship that was passing by. We swapped our cigarettes for some better brands - August 1957.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- A view looking down the "Road to Freedom" - August 1957.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- Suffering from the "700 Mile Stare" - July 1957.
Trying to see New York! The negro was a Navy retread into the USAF. One day I found him standing on this spot staring out over the ocean. I asked him if it reminded him of being on a ship in the Navy. He replied that if this were the Navy "this damned thing would be going somewhere". Wayne "Stretch" Shelter (from Chicago) at far right.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- The SA-16 seaplanes used to land in this bay - July 1957.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- I could never figure out the attraction but we would watch the icebergs for hours - July 1957.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- The Operations complex as seen on a nice spring day - July 1957.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- Another photo of the Operations radomes. Note the three radar towers and radomes - July 1957.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- There were some construction personnel making use of and living in this area when I arrived. These buildings were empty by the summer - June 1957.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- (L-R) Turk Nuri and Jim Emerson at radio station WORM - May 1957.
I was at Resolution Island between Feb 57 and Feb 58 and I worked in Operations as a Radar Operator - but just for the first couple of months. Someone left the WORM trashed up after a party and the First Sgt. padlocked the door. I asked him to let me take it over. He said I could if I kept it on the air 24 hours a day. I agreed and proceeded to make tapes to play when I was sleeping until I could get a couple of other guys to help out. At times we hooked it up to a 500 watt transmitter and broadcast to the polar bears all over the NWT. Scandinavian Airlines stewardesses used to call us and make song requests. This was the only chance we ever had to talk to women. I ran the station until AFRS sent an NCO (S/Sgt Fast) to run the station but by this time I only had a few weeks remaining before I was rotated.
Courtesy Turk Nuri.
- An "Arctic Cat" - February 1957.
We would use the Cat to drive from the site to the runway and depart "The Rock" on a DC-3 equipped with skis.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
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