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- Building location identification for Resolution Island - November 1961.
Courtesy Robert Eno.
- Building location diagram for Resolution Island - November 1961.
Courtesy Robert Eno.
- View of the lower camp, also known as the Construction camp or the POL compound as seen from the Aztec on departure from Resolution Island - September 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Another sunny day on the "Rock". Search radar on left and Height Finder radar on the right - September 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Equipment room for the new BMEWS rearward communications system. This was meant to replace the Polevault system on the link south to Saglek - August 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Polevault equipment room (Building S35). Transmitters (Exciters) and Receivers for second link to Saglek. Cabinet on right is the power supply for the 10 KW Power Amplifier - August 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- The "Base Exchange". The answer to most requests was "We ain't got it, but we can get it from Goose in a few months"! - August 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Orderly Room personnel of the 920th AC&W Squadron. Obviously, they did their job "by the book" as evidenced by the volumes of manuals behind them - August 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Interior photo of the Mess Hall (Building S1) - August 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- "The Docs", two Medics assigned to the site, (located in Building S2) - August 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Let's go guys! It's summer and it's time to play some baseball on the airstrip!. Typical one-man barrack room - August 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Food Service employee making milk with the "Mechanical Cow". The arrival of this machine is noted in the Historical Reports. It made a huge improvement in the taste of the milk - August 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- The view from Yellow Beach looking up at the site. The tall radio tower was a Non-Directional Beacon navigational aid. The stain on the face of the cliff is what Woody, in his picture, called "Shit Face". It was where sewage was dumped from the site, not very environmentally correct by todays standards - August 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Special Orders P-103, Page 2 of 2, para 9 - 6 July 1961.
Courtesy Clyde (Bud) Lynn.
- Polevault equipment room (Building S35). The two civilians are Technical Reps from Canadian Marconi. Transmitter equipment (Exciters) for links to Saglek and Frobisher Bay - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- One of the Food Service staff "spinning the platters" at the site's closed circuit radio station "WORM". Mention of this radio station is made in the Historical Reports. The station was a big morale booster - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Two Polevault NCO's. M/Sgt. Charles W Godfrey, on the left, was the Polevault Detachment Commander. T/Sgt. on right is unidentified - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- The pool table in the Airman's Club - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- A game of pool in the Airman's Club. That is NOT the "Chad Mitchell trio" in the background - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Day room in the barracks area. This building had the showers and latrines for four barracks buildings. Unidentified civilian reading a book beside the pool table - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Iceberg washed ashore at Yellow Beach during the early summer - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Resolution Island International Airport terminal building (no rest room facilities). Another view in the left center of the next photo - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Piper Aztec on the 1500 foot dirt strip being loaded/unloaded. Kent Dempster was the pilot and he made the trip to and from Frobisher Bay - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Unscheduled visitors arrive by helicopter. They stopped at the "Rock" during a spell of bad weather. This visit was noted in the Historical Report for this period - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- View of the lake which served as our water supply. The green line (left) is the Ric-Well heated water line to the upper site - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Summer scene of ice flows. Crates in the foreground contain spare parabolic antenna for the Polevault system - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Sunset view of the main site as seen from the top of a BMEWS billboard antenna - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Early evening view of the main site as seen from the POL compound (construction site) - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Summer view of site as seen from the Polevault area. Building on the left is the Officers quarters, identified as S16 on the building location list at the top of this page - July 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Yet another beautiful sunset at Resolution Island - May 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Communications antenna (taken from opposite direction) as described below - April 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- BMEWS rearward communications and parabolic Troposcatter dish facing right (south) towards Saglek. Single Troposcatter dish facing left (north) towards Frobisher Bay. Barracks nearly covered with snow - April 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Everyone gathers at the airstrip when there is a chance of incoming mail - February 1961.
Courtesy Ed Matthews.
- Aerial photo shows the runway (top center) and the squadron area - February 1961.
Courtesy Ed Matthews.
- An emergency med-evac aircraft arrives at the squadron - February 1961.
Courtesy Ed Matthews.
- Winter and ice on the BMEWS and Troposcatter communications antennas - February 1961.
Courtesy Walt Mitchell.
- Ed Matthews at the Resolution Internation Airport terminal - January 1961.
Courtesy Ed Matthews.
- Goose Air Defense Sector Certificate of Recognition - January 1961.
Courtesy Clyde (Bud) Lynn.
- Diagram of 920th AC&W Squadron - January 1961.
Courtesy Jim Kile.
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