| 1250 |  |
Family and friends waving good-bye's as the PATHFINDER heads north |
Seattle, Washington April, 1953 |
1251 |  |
An early spring day at Dutch Harbor |
Alaska, Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands April, 1953 |
1252 |  |
The harbor at Dutch Harbor |
Unalaska Island, Alaska April, 1953 |
1253 |  |
A cold spring day in the Aleutians |
Alaska, Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands April, 1953 |
1254 |  |
The PATHFINDER at low tide at a Dutch Harbor pier |
Alaska, Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands April, 1953 |
1255 |  |
Hal Demuth on the left and Miller Tonkel plotting hydrography Note metallic three-arm protractor |
April, 1953 |
1256 |  |
The Adak shoreline |
Alaska, Adak Island, Aleutian Islands April, 1953 |
1257 |  |
Kagalaska Island - the spring project area for the PATHFINDER |
Alaska, Kagalaska Island, Aleutian Islands April, 1953 |
1258 |  |
PATHFINDER hydrographic survey launch returning to the ship |
Alaska, Kagalaska Island, Aleutian Islands May, 1953 |
1259 |  |
Signal building party resting on the slopes of Kagalaska Island |
Alaska, Kagalaska Island, Aleutian Islands May, 1953 |
1260 |  |
A survey marker on Kagalaska Island with the PATHFINDER far below |
Alaska, Kagalaska Island, Aleutian Islands May, 1953 |
1261 |  |
PATHFINDER framed between columnar rocks at Ragged Point |
Ragged Point, Kagalaska Island, Aleutians, Alaska May, 1953 |
1262 |  |
PATHFINDER on the working grounds at Kagalaska Island |
Alaska, Kagalaska Island, Aleutian Islands May, 1953 |
1263 |  |
Shoreline of Adak Island |
Alaska, Adak Island, Aleutian Islands May, 1953 |
1264 |  |
Lieutenant Harley Nygren on the PATHFINDER |
May, 1953 |
1265 |  |
Lieutenant Harley Nygren on the PATHFINDER in dress khakis |
May, 1953 |
1266 |  |
Shoreline of Adak Island |
Alaska, Adak Island, Aleutian Islands May, 1953 |
1267 |  |
Signal building party taking a rest on Kagalaska Island |
Alaska, Kagalaska Island, Aleutian Islands June, 1953 |
1268 |  |
Flying home for leave over Mount Iliamna |
Mt. Iliamna, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska July, 1953 |
1269 |  |
Mountains on the Alaska Peninsula |
Alaska Peninsula, Alaska July, 1953 |
1270 |  |
View from the airplane of Alaska coastal ranges |
July, 1953 |
1271 |  |
View from the airplane of Alaska coastal ranges |
Alaska, Cook Inlet July, 1953 |
1272 |  |
Survey party on St. Paul |
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska July, 1953 |
1273 |  |
Pribilof Islands view with volcanic cone |
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska August, 1953 |
1274 |  |
Packing to a navigation signal site |
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska August, 1953 |
1275 |  |
What appears to be a rock-strewn beach is in fact a fur-seal rookery. Thousands of fur-seals on a St. Paul beach |
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska August, 1953 |
1276 |  |
Burial site of an American sailor who never made it home |
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska August, 1953 |
1277 |  |
A large bull fur-seal probably too old to fight for a harem. Main part of rookery down to the left. |
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska August, 1953 |
1278 |  |
Headquarters for onshore survey work |
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska August, 1953 |
1279 |  |
A view of St. Paul |
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska August, 1953 |
1280 |  |
Recorder sitting and writing angles as observer measures angles with theodolite |
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska August, 1953 |
1281 |  |
Taking a rest after packing to the top of Bogoslof Hill for observations |
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska August, 1953 |
1282 |  |
A close look at this rocky shoreline will reveal a great number of seals. |
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska August, 1953 |
1283 |  |
Seals hauled out on a rocky shore |
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska August, 1953 |
1284 |  |
Seals taking in the sun on a rocky point |
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska August, 1953 |
1285 |  |
Work parties returning to the PATHFINDER from a day ashore. |
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska August, 1953 |
1286 |  |
Taking a sun sight with sextants |
September, 1953 |
1287 |  |
Forbidding shores of the Aleutian Islands |
Alaska, Akutan Pass, Aleutian Islands September, 1953 |
1288 |  |
The old C&GS Ship SURVEYOR at Dutch Harbor looking a little worse for the wear. The SURVEYOR was not quite 40 years old at this time. |
Alaska, Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands September, 1953 |
1289 |  |
Lieutenant Harley Nygren taking a sun sight. |
September, 1953 |
1290 |  |
A Gulf of Alaska sunset as the PATHFINDER heads home from a long season. |
Gulf of Alaska September, 1953 |
1291 |  |
Wave cloud over Mount Rainier |
Mt. Rainier, Washington October, 1953 |
1292 |  |
Wave cloud over Mount Rainier |
Mt. Rainier, Washington October, 1953 |
1293 |  |
Sam Fordyce taking readings with gravity meter |
Texas October, 1954 |
1294 |  |
Harley Nygren reading marker indicating geographical center of United States |
October, 1954 |
1295 |  |
Harley Nygren with gravity meter - Even when in the Lower 48 he was sent to cold places. |
Fort Kent, Maine March, 1955 |
1296 |  |
Sam Fordyce with gravity meter |
Fort Kent, Maine March, 1955 |
1297 |  |
Traveling in style with the gravity field party - Tent camps were now a thing of the past. |
Fremont, Nebraska June, 1955 |
1298 |  |
Traveling in style with the gravity field party - Tent camps were now a thing of the past. |
Fremont, Nebraska June, 1955 |
1299 |  |
View of the waterfront |
Alaska, Ketchikan May, 1958 |
