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Rescue party would jump from their plane at Moffat Island, Baffin Land
Rescue party would jump from their plane at Moffat Island, Baffin Land

Rescue party would jump from their plane at Moffat Island, Baffin Land

Date10/1/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rescue party would jump from their plane at Moffat Island; Baffin Land. This lonely trading post of Lake Harbor is a typical Arctic settlement.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0105469F
Rescue Northwest air commans search Wilfred Rivet makes a jump from a plane, during Edmonton a special heavy duty, wire against trees and rough chute. [Incomplete]
Rescue Northwest air commans search Wilfred Rivet makes a jump from a plane, during Edmonton a special heavy duty, wire against trees and rough chute. [Incomplete]
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Party coup: Doug Moffat survived. Francis Jones frustrated by move.
Party coup: Doug Moffat survived. Francis Jones frustrated by move.
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Bleak landscape: Runners in the Midnight Sun Marathon on Baffin Island must cover a gruelling 26-mile gravel course that rises 3,000 feet from start to finish
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Eskimo Artist sees her weaving hung in Inuit Gallery 1,500 miles from Baffin Island home
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5/4/1973
Skydiver Reg Perry, 22, of Sarnia broke his pelvis, an arm and both legs when he opened his parachute too late in a jump from a plane 7,500 feet above(...)
Skydiver Reg Perry, 22, of Sarnia broke his pelvis, an arm and both legs when he opened his parachute too late in a jump from a plane 7,500 feet above(...)
3/27/1973
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Sheila Burnford, Two years on Baffin Island
Sheila Burnford, Two years on Baffin Island
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Des Schotten Sir Georg Stuart Mackenzie Reise durch Island und des Engl?nders John Ross Reise zur Ausforschung des Baffins-Busens und einer Durchfahrt(...)
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1826
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Faces of the North: Mother and child pose for photographer on Baffin Island
12/8/1977
High hat: Tagged from the beginning as the man who would finish last in the Liberal leadership race, first-ballot loser Eugene Whelan was the first to jump to the Jean Chretien camp
High hat: Tagged from the beginning as the man who would finish last in the Liberal leadership race, first-ballot loser Eugene Whelan was the first to jump to the Jean Chretien camp
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Dramatic Moment: One of the chopper s missions was this rescue near the Toronto waterfront of two men whose plane had crashed into the lake
Dramatic Moment: One of the chopper s missions was this rescue near the Toronto waterfront of two men whose plane had crashed into the lake
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Hank Emson, afloat in water at lower right after plane crash, awaits the first rescue attempt by Ranger helicopter piloted by Andy Stevens
Hank Emson, afloat in water at lower right after plane crash, awaits the first rescue attempt by Ranger helicopter piloted by Andy Stevens
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