1961-63

Photos Jean-Louis took from 1961-63. For more information on the photo, please click on it.

YUKON. Franklin Mountains near McKenzie River on the way to Inuvik.Taken from Eldorado Aviation DC-4 -early June 1961.
Walking on the ice to Tuktoyaktuk from the ships. June 1961. .
J.L. Ares in front of 3 -LST’s and 2 tankers still frozen in the ice at Tuk, June 1961.
ARD 31-floating drydock in Tuktoyaktuk,1961. Water being pumped in.
3 decker bunk beds on the ARD 31- drydock. I slept on the top bunk. 1961.
The crew having a coffee break in the crews mess on the ARD 31 drydock.
Drydock now filled with water and waiting for ship to come in for servicing. 1961.
Tanker being winched into the drydock at Tuk. Another tanker waiting on the right side. Still a lot of ice in June 1961.
LST 1072 coming into the drydock- note landing craft assisting on the right side. 1961.
LST coming into the drydock,1961.
LST coming into the drydock for servicing. 1961.
Lst coming into the drydock with photo of the front part of ARD-31 drydock. Tuk 1961.
Inuit girl drinking Orange Crush on the steps of the Hudson Bay Co. store in Tuktoyaktuk .( aka Tuk) 1961
little Inuit boys in Tukytoyaktuk, Catholic church in background
Tuktoyaktuk -summer 1961. Boats on the shore. Roman Catholic church in background on the left. note: empty barrels, a plight in the Arctic.
The ARD-31 floating drydock in Tuktoyaktuk. 1961.
Eskimo (Inuit) habitation in Tuk-summer 1961.
Tuktoyaktuk harbor. Banksland and tug boat
An LST ship in Tuk harbor with 2 landing craft boats.
Sled dogs chained up in Tuk.
husky dogs in Tuktoyaktuk. Note the 2 pingos in the background ,right side.
view of a part of Tuktoyaktuk in late spring, June 1961. Radar site in the distance on the far left horizon.
sunset at Bar 3, Tuktoyaktuk, part of the BAR Sector of the DEW sites in the Arctic. Bar 3 is now part of the NWS (North Warning System).
Midnight sun in Tuktoyaktuk. This is as far down as the sun goes in the summer.
Inuit with Husky dog sled team . Post card sent to Dr. Bill Baronsfeather , Edmonton from Tuk in 1961. My father Dr. L.A. Ares worked with him as an associate chiropractor in the Birks Building on Jasper Avenue.
Cutting up Beluga(white) whales in Tuk. Father Lemaire, with pipe, looks on.Bar 3 Radar site in background. He wanted me to try muk tuk, raw blubber. 1961.
postcard of polar bear on the ice.
a tanker being towed in, with landing craft boats, close to the drydock, 1961.
returning to the drydock from Tuk village. With a Landing Craft boat. 1961.
Midnight sun at Bar 3 Tuktoyaktuk 1961.
Helicopter on the deck of LST 1072. Near Herschel island, Yukon, east of Tuktoyaktuk. 1962. Helicopter would also search for easiest pathways through the ice .
J.L. Ares in front, Captain Allan on the far left. standing on open bow doors of LST 1072, 1962.
on the Wacissa tanker looking at Pin Main Radar site , Cape Parry. 1963.
LST 1072 on the beach at Pin Main, Cape Parry. Unloading cargo. 1962.
Ice and rocks on the beach at Pin main, Cape Parry. 1962.
Pin Main Radar site, of the PIN Sector at Cape Parry. 1962.
along the shore at Pin Main Radar site, Cape Parry. 1962.
On the LST 1072 towing 2 landing craft boats off the Yukon coast, summer of 1962.
liitle girl with Huskie pups in Tuktoyaktuk.
small Husky pup on the beach in Cambridge Bay, NWT 1962, now Nunavut.
Bar E ,Horton River aka Malloch Hills . Radar site and landing strip are up high over the sea side cliffs. There was an escalator to ferry goods up to the top.
Wacissa tanker out on the Bering Sea around Alaska on the way to Seattle, September 1963.
whaling boat on the coast, Herschel Island, Yukon. 1962.
dead seal on rocky beach at Cambridge Bay, now in Nunavut
Wacissa tanker at Shepherd Bay, Nunavut . This was the farthest east we went that summer, 1963. Shepherd Bay is just south of Spence Bay, now called Taloyoak.
The Space Needle in Seattle. It was built in 1962 for the World’s Fair. This was the end of our trip in September 1963 bringing the Wacissa tanker from Tuk past Point Barrow, Alaska, Chuchchi Sea, Bering Strait, Aleutian islands and Unimak Pass.