This album, comprised of 185 pages on which 184 photographs are mounted, documents the route of the R.M.S. Nascopie during the 1946 Eastern Arctic Patrol inspection trip, with J.G. Wright as the officer in charge. There are also photographs of the other passengers with the E.A.P, for example, the new crew of the radiosonde station or the new doctors replacing other ones at various mission hospitals. The album documents the way that the passengers on the Nascopie pass their time, with such activities as watching movies, playing bridge, or sunning on deck. Photos by George Hunter for the National Film Board. See also see Finding Aid 080, part 2, for the same photographs from this album. Photograph numbers range from NFB 25314 to NFB 26709.
The following places can be found in the album: ruins of Fort Prince of Wales; Churchill, Manitoba; Eskimo Point, N.W.T. (aerial); Chesterfield Inlet, N.W.T.; Clyde River, N.W.T.; Devon Island; Salmon River; Pond Inlet; Pangnirtung; Arctic Bay.
The following events can be found in the album: levelling grain in hold of a freighter; wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Harrington; loading grain onto freighter; fish hanging to dry; bringing supplies ashore from scows; Inuit awaiting arrival of Nascopie; cutting fish; Inuit drinking tea; cooking bannock; Inuit hunting for bearded seal; Hugh Longfield releasing meteorological balloon; Rev. A. Turner holding service at mission; Inuit making tea in a barrel; hanging seal skin boots to dry; afternoon tea on Nascopie; women sitting on deck of Nascopie; chief steward, George Fioratos of Nascopie, trading goods with Inuit; Inuit awaiting examination by medical party; Inuit women and children attending mass; postmaster, F.R.E. Sparks, delivering mail; Inuit awaiting Nascopie for transportation to homes; new staff of radio operators taking over River Clyde's radio and ionesphere station; Nascopie passengers erecting cairn; getting samples of coal for analysis; Nascopie passengers watching NFB films; Nascopie crew letting out sounding lead; doctors performing hospital visits; Sondlo using Singer sewing machine; playing bridge on Nascopie; Mrs. Len Cory and family baking.
The following objects can be found in the album: Canso flying boat; Samuel Hearne inscription, 1767; memorial erected by Harry McLean; freighters; Fort Severn, H.B.Co. schooner; Roman Catholic mission and hospital, Chesterfield Inlet; scows; tents (interior too); Great West Life calendar, 1946; green houses; Singer sewing machine; R.M.S. Nascopie; Inuit shacks; pan ice; residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harrington; R.C.M.P. buildings; mountains; glaciers; Anglican mission and hospital, Pangnirtung; baled fox furs; Grenfell mission hospital, Cartwright, Labrador; gyro compass, equipment on Nascopie; radar machine, equipment on Nascopie; residence of Dr. and Mrs. Osborne.
The following people can be found in the album: J.G. Wright, superintendent of E.A.P.; Inspector Peacock, R.C.M.P.; Rev. H.S. Hughes-Caley; Inuit; George Fioratos, chief steward, Nascopie; Alex Stevenson, assistant to supt. of E.A.P.; Robert Weyrich; Adam Hood; Mr. and Mrs. Allan Harrington; Jerry Beauchamp, radiosonde operator; Hugh Longfield; Father Daniello; Bishop M. LaCroix, visiting missions; Dr. Gordon Gaul; Nurse Beatrice Kitchen; Nurse Sara Powell; Paulesee; George Anderson, H.B.Co. post manager; Ginger and Wendy Anderson, children; Father Eugene Farford; Ernie Lyall, trapper; John Stanners, post manager, Fort Ross; Lidlout, interpreter; Letia, with new glasses; Bill Collie, chief engineer of Nascopie; Captain Waters, R.M.S. Nascopie; Mrs. Len Cory and family; Corporal Cory, R.C.M.P.; F.R.E. Sparks, E.A.P. postmaster; Bill Calder, post manager, Clyde River; Lt. Cmdr. Jack Cruz, U.S. Navy; Bill Chitty, purser on Nascopie watch; Ivor Griffith; Peggy Lewis, x-ray technician; George Hunter, N.F.B. photographer; Constable Havelock MacLeod; Constable John Brensch; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Swaffield and daughter; Constable Jim Gourley; Constable E. Andrews; Dr. Jim Osborne and wife; Angmally, trapper and H.B.Co. employee; Rev. A. Turner; Evee from Pangnirtung; Mrs. Duval; Inuit from Pangnirtung (portraits); Dr. George Hooper; Dr. Walter Crewson, eye specialist; W.J. Fostner, optician, member of opthamological party on Nascopie; Nascopie passengers; Dr. D.W. Frank, dentist.