Three men identified as Eskimos stand on a sandy shore in front of a large canoe with an attached motor. Wooden crates of supplies and two shovels to be loaded onto the boat are situated on the beach in front of the men. These crates read "Red Crown Gasoline", and "Bordens Evaporated Milk". The man on the far right is clothed in a dark long-sleeved button-up shirt and dark pants. The man in the middle wears a dark button-up collared shirt and pair of overalls that are unbuttoned at the top. The man on the far left wears a white shirt under a dark, long-sleeved jacket. A body of water lies in the background.
Eight workers with shovels stand on a steep snow cliff made by the clearing of a railway pass. Snowplow tracks are prominent in the foreground and then trail off in the distance around the corner of a steep snow cliff. Mountains blanketed with snow can be seen in the distance.
