remains of a late 1920s DeVry ‘Lunchbox’ camera ‘on ice’ for 85 years. Courtesy of Leslie Hittmeier
Toronto. Our secretary, Louise Freyburger, was browsing the news Friday when she came across an article on CTV News about old cameras discovered recently in a Yukon glacier in the KLUANE NATIONAL PARK AND RESERVE.
A cache of equipment belonging to explorer Bradford Washburn, including three of his cameras, has been retrieved from a Yukon glacier after 85 years.
The cameras and other gear were left behind in early 1937 by legendary American mountaineer Bradford Washburn.
Searching for more information, she discovered an article on the subject at the CBC written a day later and titled, “Expedition finds cache of cameras on remote Yukon glacier, 85 years after mountaineer left them behind” by Ms April Hudson.
This is an exciting story involving glacier analysis, ice changes over time, and last minute discoveries. Both the CBC and the CTV articles are well worth a read, not just by us camera nuts, but by everyone! Well done Louise. Great diligence and detective work to seek out more articles. And anyone familiar with the DeVry name knows they were strongly involved in educational movie making and showing with both projectors and cameras.
