View of the waterfront

View of the waterfront

Survey launch returning to the EXPLORER

Survey launch work

Reflections on a calm day

The upper reaches of the inlet

PATHFINDER at anchor

Hunting for critters at Old Kasaan Survey crew off the PATHFINDER

The totem poles at Old Kasaan Survey crew off the PATHFINDER

Harley Nygren on the right next to a magnificent totem pole at Old Kasaan Survey crew off the PATHFINDER

Whitewashing a hydrographic signal in Polk Inlet Survey crew off the PATHFINDER

Springtime in Southeast Alaska

Clarence Strait shoreline from the bridgewing of the PATHFINDER

Dredging off the PATHFINDER for geologic samples on Pamplona Sea Ridge In the vicinity of Cape St. Elias

Some of the scenes on a road trip on the Kenai Peninsula

Lakes and mountains on the Kenai Peninsula Some of the scenes on a sightseeing roadtrip

Along the road near Portage

Portage Glacier

The Russian Orthodox graveyard at Unalaska

The view down the cliffs from Mount Ballyhoo

Lieutenant Phil Taetz, _____, and ______ on top of Mount Ballyhoo

_____ and Lieutenant Commander Leonard Baker on the slopes of Mount Ballyhoo

Lieutenant Harley Nygren luxuriating in the greenery and wildflowers on the slopes of Mount Ballyhoo

A view down the cliffs of Mount Ballyhoo

Amak Island from the PATHFINDER

Shoran station on the north side of the Alaska Peninsula

The Russian Orthodox Church at Unalaska

Lieutenant Commander Leonard Baker taking it easy reading the newspaper

The wardroom of the PATHFINDER

Must be back in Seattle - Sam Baker, William Deane, and Marvin Paulson in officer's lounge of the PATHFINDER

The crew of the PATHFINDER - the year following this picture, crew navy-style uniforms were no longer mandatory for crew and chiefs.

The crew of the PATHFINDER - the year following this picture, crew navy-style uniforms were no longer mandatory for crew and chiefs.

PATHFINDER chiefs - the year following this picture, crew navy-style uniforms were no longer mandatory for crew and chiefs.

PATHFINDER chiefs - the year following this picture, crew navy-style uniforms were no longer mandatory for crew and chiefs.

On the way back home - a short stop in the Yakutat area

Leaving Seattle for the working grounds on a foggy April day. PATHFINDER on the left - ______ on the right

Cruising up Cook Inlet - looking at the east side of the inlet

Offshore view of Anchorage

Looking to the southwest - down Cook Inlet

Hydrographic signal-building party on Fire Island - 9 miles southwest Anchorage Latitude 61 09 N; Longitude 150 12 W

Tide staffs at Fire Island - note series of three staffs allowing leveling at all stages of 30 foot tide. Latitude 61 09 N; Longitude 150 12 W

Resurrection Bay - in the vicinity of Turnagain Arm Latitude 61 06 N; Longitude 150 12 W

Resurrection Bay - in the vicinity of Turnagain Arm Latitude 61 06 N; Longitude 150 12 W

A glacier near Seward

A view of Seward -- Latitude 60 06.5N; Longitude 149 26.5 W

A view of Seward -- Latitude 60 06.5N; Longitude 149 26.5 W

Reading the reversing thermometers after a Nansen cast Used to compute velocity of sound in seawater

Army installations at Dutch Harbor

Lieutenant Commander Harley Nygren On the EXPLORER.

The EXPLORER at Dutch Harbor