The Alfred George Oral History, dated 2001-2002, contains audio recordings, notes, and transcripts of the interview between George and Karen Brewster of the American Polar Society conducted on June 26, 2001. This interview was a part of a series of polar oral histories sponsored by the American Polar Society and Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program, with funding from the National Science Foundation. Major topics discussed include George's several roles as an administrator at the University of Alaska, qualifications for a good science administrator, and different memories of working in Alaska.

The Gerald F. Carlson Oral History, dated 1966, 2000-2010, contains notes, correspondence, a book by Carlson called Two on the Rocks, and audio recordings and transcripts of the interview between Carlson and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on November 16, 2001. This interview was a part of a series of polar oral histories sponsored by the American Polar Society and Ohio State University’s Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program, with funding from the National Science Foundation. Major topics of the interview include Carlson’s experiences teaching native Inupiat children in White Mountain and Little Diomede, Alaska, seal and walrus hunting, and general experiences of life in Alaska with his wife.

The John A. Svensson Oral History, dated 2002-2010, contains audio recordings, administrative information, and transcripts of the interview between John A. Svensson and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on October 15, 2002, and correspondence from 2010 about the transcripts of the interview. This interview was a part of a series of polar oral histories sponsored by American Polar Society and Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program, with funding from the National Science Foundation. Major topics that Svensson discussed include his experiences serving with the U.S. Naval Construction Battalions, also known as the Seabees, at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, his experiences and the living conditions on the floating ice island T-3, also known as Fletcher’s Ice Island (named after U.S. Air Force Colonel Joseph O. Fletcher), working aboard the USCGC (United States Coast Guard Cutter) Staten Island and the University of Washington’s R/V (Research Vessel) Thomas G. Thompson in the Bering Sea, the work he did measuring currents and water chemistry on T-3 and during his voyages in the Bering Sea, teaching in Seattle and Alaska, and working as a commercial fisherman in southeast Alaska.