Mount Vsevidof seen from near the OK Bay camp on Umnak Island. The boat is checking a radio-acoustic ranging sonobuouy, used to help position the C&GS Ship SURVEYOR while it is conducting offshore sounding operations.

W.H. Gholston helping set up tide gauge on Umnak Island.

Dehart Serrill and Norman Calvan on wash day at the OK Bay hydrographic survey camp.

The sleeping tent at the OK Bay camp.

Chief cook Mauno at the OK Bay camp.

Gholston, Serrill, Phelps, and Anderson at the OK Bay tent camp.

W. H. Gholston - cleanup time at OK Bay camp.

Mauno -the chief cook - washing clothes at OK Bay.

Gene Phelps in front of an old native Aleut hut.

Trying to catch fish in a fresh water stream on Umnak Island.

Family and friends saying goodbyes from the pier as the SURVEYOR sets sail for Alaska

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship SURVEYOR stopped by Canadian patrol in Canadian Inside Passage as Canada the British Commonwealth of Nations was at war with Germany at the time.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship SURVEYOR stopped by Canadian patrol in Canadian Inside Passage as Canada the British Commonwealth of Nations was at war with Germany at the time.

C&GS SURVEYOR Launch #4 away from ship for inshore survey work.

Sounding launch approaching ship. Big Nix in the sounding bucket, Lt. Cdr Knox left rear in charge, Nordstrom coxswain, Kelly front with line, and unknown with back turned.

Shore party returning to ship. Lieutenant Commander Robert Knox #1, W. H. Gholston #7.

Motor launch alongside USC&GS Ship SURVEYOR - Kelly, Nix, Knox, and Nordstrom.

Charlie Nordstrom, Larry Nelson, Joe Cartini, and Oscar Hagen preparing radio acoustic ranging sonobuoy.

Deploying radio acoustic ranging buoy in the northeastern Gulf of Alaska off the USC&GS Ship SURVEYOR

Ship's officers, Hubbard, Nelson, Knox and Reed taking horizontal sextant angles on starboard bridge wing of USC&GSS SURVEYOR. Probably determining position of radio acoustic ranging buoy as 4 angles would give multiple checks on position.

Whale boat approaching shore while USC&GSS SURVEYOR lies to offshore.

Whale boat coming into beach to offload personnel and supplies.

Whale boat leaving beach.

Whale boat landing (probably departing) in surf under oars - a lost art

Whale boat landing in surf

Whale boat landing in surf

Whale boat landing in surf - dragging the boat up the beach.

Supplies landed on beach in calm inside bay with USC&GSS SURVEYOR offshore.

Whale boat departing beach. This is the same picture as image cgs01788. Looking at the image and general body language of all folks involved, this is probably the correct caption.

Bear strolling along beach - a reminder that this was still a very wild coastline

Bear tracks on the beach - a reminder that this was still a very wild coastline.

Hiking to work station along beach. Probably going to do traverse work to establish visual hydrographic signals.

Rowing across a fairly substantial river after building a signal along the Gulf of Alaska.

Surveying along the beach with Mount Fairweather in the background.

Tidal leveling work along the beach. Altizer the rodman, Lieutenant Glenn Moore running the level instrument, and Bothel (possibly recorder) sittin in the sand.

Hopkin, Altizer, and Freddie - possibly a signal building crew or a tide gauge installation crew.

Work party on beach taking a break

Work party along beach crossing small stream with improvised foot bridge.

Work party crossing small stream on improvised raft.

Work party crossing small stream on improvised raft.

Work party crossing small stream on improvised raft - perhaps a little too much weight.

Work party crossing stream on improvised ferry operated by rope.

Giving up on rafts and ferries and wading ice cold stream.

Rigging a highline across a river for transporting men and equipment.

Completed highline for river crossing.

Surveyor crossing river on highline.

Improvised driftwood bridge for river crossing.

Strawberry Camp - radio antenna rigged for communication with ship.

Level party in operation.

Level party taking break on boulder beach. Probably tide gauge installed nearby.