152824: January 8, 1919. An 18 pounder 3.3 gun manned by the center section 68th Battalion Canadian Field Artillery, outside the log shelter, which has been built to protect the gun from the extremely low temperatures. Two such field guns are used in the defense of the positions at the Ust Padenga Front. To the left of the picture is Lt. J.D. Winskow, who commands this battery of Canadian field artillery. Vysokaya Gora, Ust Padenga Front, Vaga River Column, Russia.

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World War, 1914-1918; Polar Bear Expedition

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