Lightkeeper preparing to pack into station in Alaska. Often the lightkeepers would be on their own for weeks at a time in the wilderness while waiting for completion of triangulation observations.

Image ID: cgs00351, NOAA's Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey (C&GS) Collection
Location: Alaska, Between Anchorage and Fairbanks
Photo Date: 1923
Photographer: Mr. Oscar Risvold, USC&GS
Credit: Mr. Floyd Risvold, USC&GS

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