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Aerial Photographs St. Paul Island, Alaska
Date: July 14, 1948 Takeoff: 10:30 am Landing: 12:35 pm No filter
Note: 21 selected negatives* were accessioned by the Division of Information, as follows: 14, 16, and 17 (Little Pol.); 193201 (Tolstoi); 203204 and 208214 (Zap., St. Paul). These were given FWS nos. 400420 and returned to Seattle on 9 June 1949. An 8x10 print of each is filed under Population, Field Studies, 1948.
*Returned to Washington DC, 4 Dec 1950.
Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date
(1) 1000’ Toward NW 1 Small corner of Vostochni Rookery showing seals and sea lions
(2) 1000’ Toward S 2 Small corner of Vostochni Rookery SW end 3 Rookery with hauling ground and sea lions (as
above) 4 “ ” 5 Rookery with hauling ground and end near
beach and including some of beach 6 Beach near Irish point 7 Irish point 8 Irish point and beach SW of it 9 Beach S.W. of Irish Point 10 “ ”
(3) 1000’ Toward SW 11 Little Polovina, beach NE of 12 Hauling ground NE of Little Polovina 13 NE half of Little Polovina 14 SW half of Little Polovina 15 Cliffs SW of Little Polovina
(4) 1000’ Toward SW 16 NE end of Little Polovina 17 Central portion of Little Polovina 18 SW end of Little Polovina 19 Extreme edge of SW part of Little Polovina
(5) 1000’ Toward W Polovina Sands
20 Hauling grounds W of Polovina and Polovina Sands
21 “ ”
Notes: (per Kym Yano, June 2006) • Original 1948 Aerial Photo Archival Info document is located in the Fur Seal Archives in
NMML Library, Seattle, WA. Pamphlet bound; titled “Catalog Aerial Photos 1948”.• **Comments handwritten in the original catalog are in italics.• ***Photo numbers that were marked in the original catalog are in bold.
Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date
(5) 1000’ Toward W Polovina Sands
22 Extreme W end of Polovina Sands hauling ground
(6) 1000’ Toward SW Polovina Rookery
23 Hauling grounds along cliff tops NE of Polovina rookery
24 Hauling grounds and NE end of rookery 25 Edge of hauling grounds and rookery 26 Polovina rookery 27 “ ” 28 Polovina rookery (showing first two catwalks
on NE end of rookery) 29 Polovina – shows 2 nd and 3 rd catwalks from
NE end of rookery. (see also 231) 30 Misses tip of Polovina point but shows 3 rd, 4 th
and 5 th catwalks. 31 4th and 5 th catwalk and beginning of hauling
ground on Polovina Sands 32 5th catwalk and part of hauling ground on
Polovina Sands Miscellaneous
33 Roadways South of Icehouse Lake 34 Edge of Lagoon with burned Barge South of
Icehouse Lake (7) 1000’ Toward SE 35 Lukanan rookery and killing field
36 Point, including a section of Lukanin and of Kitovi at their point of junction
37 Northern section of Lukanin Rookery (8) 1000’ Toward W 38 Eastern end of Lukanin
39 Most of Lukanin 40 Top of hill and killing ground for Kitovi
Lukanin 41 SW end of Kitovi rookery 42 “ ”
(9) 1000’ Toward SW 43 Roadway and sand dunes approaching the Reef
44 Beginning of Gorbatch and also Reef 45 “ ” 46 Reef and Gorbatch showing one walkway on
each rookery 47 Open water discarded** 48 Open water discarded
(10) 1000’ Toward E 49 Zapadni point 50 “ ”
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51 Zapadni cliffs
Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date (10) 1000’ Toward E 52 West end of Zapadni, hauling ground and
walk number 5 53 “ ” 54 West end of Zapadni. Tripod and walkway
number 5 55 West end of Zapadni walkway 4, tripod and
walk number 5 56 West end of Zapadni walkway 3 and 4 57 Small corner of central Zapadni – 3 rd walkway
(11) 1000’ Toward N 58 Central Zapadni 3 rd and 4 th walkways and tripod
59 Central Zapadni 2 nd and 3 rd walkway from NE end
60 NE end of Zapadni including 1 st walkway 61 “ ” 62 NE end of Zapadni 63 “ ” 64 “Penguin” between St. George and St. Paul
Aerial Photographs St. George Island, Alaska
Date: July 14, 1948 Takeoff: 10:30 am Landing: 12:35 pm No filter
Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date
(12) 1200’ Toward E 65 Cliffs west of Staraya Artil 66 West end of Staraya Artil cliffs 67 West half of Staraya Artil with walkway 68 “ ” 69 East halfminus beach Staraya Artil and Lake
Tanogtuckan 70 Eastern half of Lake Tanogtuckan
(13) 1000’ Toward E 71 Rocks and water approaching North Rookery 72 Westend of North Rookery showing bachelors
on hauling ground 73*** North Rookery hauling ground and part of
rookery area 74 West portion of North Rookery herems and
idle bulls
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75 West and central portion of North Rookery
Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date (13) 1000’ Toward E 76 Central North Rookery
77 “ ” 78 “ ” 79 “ ” 80 “ ” 81 “ ” 82 Central and eastern end of North Rookery 83 Remains of wrecked PBY formerly belonging
to the 10th Rescue Squadron of the Army (wrecked in August 1947)
(14) 1000’ Toward E 84 East Rookery – western tip 85 East Rookery – western half 86 East Rookery – central portion 87 “ ” 88 East Rookery – eastern central portion 89 “ ” 90 “ ” 91 East Rookery – eastern end, cliff 92 East Rookery – eastern end 93 East Rookery – eastern end and cliffs beyond
rookery area 94 Bird cliffs on south side of Island partial
oblique shot 95 (same as above)
(15) 1000’ Toward NW 96 SW end of Zapadni Rookery – cliffs & beach 97 “ ” 98 SW portion of Zapadni Rookery – cliffs &
beach 99 Central portion of Zapadni Rookery – cliffs &
beach (15) 1000’ Toward N 100 NW end of Zapadni showing cliffs, beach and
spread of harem areas back over the tops of the bluffs
101 NW end of Zapadni including hauling grounds
102 “ ” 103 NW tip of Zapadni including hauling grounds
(16) 1000’ Toward SE 104 Beach approaching Zapadni 105 NW tip of Zapadni with hauling ground shows
bachelors heading for water 106 NW portion of Zapadni 107 “ ” 108 Central portion of Zapadni cliffs
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109 Central and south part of Zapadni cliffs
Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date (16) 1000’ Toward SE 110 Southern portion of Zapadni seals on rocky
beach at base of cliffs 111 Southern end of Zapadni – rocky beach at
base of cliffs 112 Red bluffs south side of St. George 113 “ ” 114 “ ”
1900’ – 2000’
Toward SE 115 St. George Village
116 “ ” 117 St. George Village eastern half 118 St. George Village dump and cliffs
(17) 1700’ Walrus Island S – N
119 South end of Walrus Island
120 Central portion Walrus Island 121 “ ” 122 North end Walrus Island 123 “ ” 124 “ ”
Aerial Photographs St. Paul Island, Alaska
Date: July 14, 1948 Takeoff: 10:30 am Landing: 12:35 pm No filter
Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date
(18) 1000’ Toward E 125 Raindeer Herd, St. Paul Island 126 “ ”
3000’ 127 Crater Hill, St. Paul Island 128 “ ”
2300’ 129 Lake Hill, St. Paul Island showing Lake and old army installations
130 “ ” 131 “ ”
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Aerial Photographs St. Paul Island, Alaska
Roll II Begins Date: July 15, 1948 Takeoff: 10:05 am Landing: 12:10 pm No filter
Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date (19) 850’ to
900’ Toward N across Hutchinson Hill
132 Landward edge of Vostochni Rookery
133 SW edge of Vostochni Rookery 1 st walkway 134 North edge of Vostochni Rookery 1 st and 2 nd
walkway 135 North edge small part of Vostochni Rookery
(20) 1200’ Toward E 136 SW end of Vostochni Rookery (Irish Point) 137 “ ” 138 W end of Vostochni Rookery and 1 st walkway 139 Vostochni (central part) both walkways 140 Eastern part Vostochni Rookery, 2 nd walkway
(21) 1200’ 141 Northeast point (22) 1200’ Toward SE 142 Hutchinson Hill and E end of Vostochni
Rookery with 3 rd walkway 143 E end of Vostochni and N end of Morjovi 2
walkways 144 “ ” 145 N end of Morjovi and 1 walkway – hauling
ground 146 Hauling ground and N end Morjovi 147 Central part of Morjovi – E shore of NE point 148 “ ” 149 Central part of Morjovi and NE point
(23) 1200’ Toward S 150 Kitovi – central portion (24) 1200’ Toward E 151 Lukanin Point showing part of Kitovi and
Lukanin (25) 1200’ Toward N 152 Whale Point. Kitovi Rookery and hauling
ground one walkway. 153 Whale Point. Kitovi – two walkways 154 Kitovi central part with one walkway 155 “ ” 156 Kitovi north end with Lukanin Point 157 Lukanin Point (end of Kitovi Rookery)
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Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date
(26) 1200’ Toward W 158 E end of SeaLion Rock 159 SeaLion Rock entire 160 W end of SeaLion Rock
(27) 1200’ Toward E 161 W tip of Reef Rookery and Ardiguen Point with long walkway
162 “ ” 163 W half of Reef Rookery and Ardiguen Point
with long walkway 164 Central part of reef with long walkway
(28) 1200’ Toward E 165 W tip of Reef Rookery with long walkway 166 W half of Reef Rookery with long walkway 167 Central portion of Reef Rookery with
walkway and pool 168 “ ” 169 “ ” 170 E part of Reef Rookery with end of long walk
and first short walkway 171 E part of Reef Rookery 2 short walks and end
of Lagoon 172 E part of Reef Rookery, 3 short walks 173 E part of Reef Rookery, 2 last short walks
(29) 1200’ Toward NE 174 Central Reef Rookery and long walkway and pool
175 Central Reef Rookery and long walkway and 1 short walk
176 E part of Reef Rookery end of long walkway and 2 short walks
177 E end of Reef Rookery, 3 short walks and hauling ground
178 E end of Reef Rookery, 2 short walks and hauling ground
179 E end of Reef Rookery and hauling ground (30) 1200’ Toward N 180 End of Reef (with end of long walk) part of
Ardiguen 181 Ardiguen and cliff area 182 Ardiguen and Scoria slope of Gorbatch 183 Gorbatch – Scoria slope 184 Gorbatch – Scoria slope and 2 tripods 185 “ ” 186 Gorbatch – Scoria slope, 2 tripods and
walkway 187 Gorbatch east and beyond walkway
(31) 1200’ Toward NW 188 St. Paul Village
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Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date
(32) 1150’ Toward NE 189 Gorbatch – E end with walkway 190 Gorbatch – E end with walkway and
beginning of Zolotoy Sands 191 “ ” 192 Narrow part of Reef Point showing E end of
Gorbatch and Reef Rookery (33) 1200’ Toward E 193 Tip of Tolstoi point
194 W end of Tolstoi Rookery 195 “ ” 196 Central Tolstoi Rookery with W end of
walkway 197 “ ” 198 Central Tolstoi Rookery with entire walkway 199 E end Tolstoi Rookery with E end of walkway
and hauling ground 200 E end Tolstoi Rookery with E end of walkway
and hauling ground 201 Hauling ground Tolstoi Rookery and sand
dunes (34) 1200’ Toward E 202 Zapadni point
203 Zapadni Rookery W end 204 Zapadni Rookery W end, 2 walkways, 1
tripod 205 “ ” 206 Zapadni Rookery, central part, 3 walkways 207 Zapadni Rookery, central part, 2 walkways
(35) 1250’ Toward NE 208 Zapadni Rookery, W end with 2 walkways and 1 tripod
209 Zapadni Rookery, W central with 2 walkways and 1 tripod
210 Zapadni Rookery, central with 3 walkways 211 Zapadni Rookery, E central with 3 walkways 212 Zapadni Rookery, E central with 2 walkways 213 Zapadni Rookery, E end with 1 walkway and
hauling ground 214 Zapadni Rookery hauling ground and beach
(36) 1200’ Toward E 215 Little Zapadni E end of Rookery with hauling ground
216 Rocky beach between Little Zapadni and Zapadni Reef
217 W end of Zapadni Reef 218 Entire Zapadni Reef with hauling ground 219 “ ” 220 East end of Zapadni Reef
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Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date
(37) 1200’ Toward E 221 West end Little Zapadni, one walkway 222 Central Little Zapadni, 2 walkway 223 Central and East end Little Zapadni, with 2
walkways 224 East end Little Zapadni, 1 walkway and
hauling ground 225 East end Little Zapadni, hauling ground
(38) 1200’ Toward NE 226 Polovina Sands and Rookery 1 walkway 227 Polovina Sands and Rookery 2 walkways 228 Polovina Rookery, 2 walkways 229 Tip of Polovina Point (Halfway Point)
(39) 1200’ Toward NE 230 Polovina Sands and Rookery 231 Polovina Rookery with 2 walkways. (See also
#29) 232 Polovina Rookery with 2 walkways and
Polovina Cliffs 233 Polovina Cliffs with 2 walkways (central) 234 Polovina Cliffs with 2 walkways (NE end) 235 “ ”
(An infra red roll started here but first few not Infra Red) (40) 2000’ ? Toward N 236 NE side of NE Point. Vostochni Rookery and
hauling ground 237 NE side of NE Point showing Sea Lions and
Vostochni Rookery and hauling ground 238 E side NE Point – sea lions and Morjovi
Rookery and walkway 239 E side NE Point – hauling ground NE Point
with sea lions 240 Tip of NE Point – sea lions
(42) 241 Hauling ground NE Point ? 242 “ ”
(43) Toward N 243 Beginning of Vostochni Rookery with hauling ground and sea lion
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Aerial Photographs St. Paul Island, Alaska
Date: July 15, 1948 Takeoff: 10:05 am Landing: 12:10 pm Infra Red
(Begin Infra Red) – red filter
Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date (44) Toward E 244 Polovina Point and Rookery (overlapped –
poor) (45) 4000’ Toward E 245 Reef Point – shows part of Sea Lion Rock
(badly overlapped – poor) 246 Reef Point – (badly overlapped)
(46) 4000’ Toward N 247 St. Paul Village 248 St. Paul Village (badly overlapped)
(47) 6000’ Toward E 249 Tolstoi Rookery (entire) (48) 6000’ Toward E 250 Zapadni Reef (entire) (49) 6200’ Toward S 251 Tolstoi (badly overlapped) (50) 5800’ Toward NE 252 Oblique showing Reef Point and village
253 Oblique showing Salt Lagoon and NE Point 254 Oblique showing village, Salt Lagoon and
supply ship (51) 6000’ Toward S 255 Tolstoi (entire) (52) 6100’ Toward E 256 Village and landings etc. (entire)
257 “ ” 258 “ ”
(53) 4200’ Toward NE 259 Polovina Sands, Polovina Point, Polovina Cliffs
260 “ ” 261 Polovina Point, Polovina Cliffs 262 Polovina Cliffs 263 “ ” 264 Polovina Cliffs and part of Little Polovina
4000’ 265 Little Polovina (entire) 266 “ ”
(54) 2800’ – 3000’
Toward SW 267 Polovina Cliffs and Polovina Point
268 Polovina Cliffs (part), Polovina Point and beach
(55) 2100’ Toward S 269 Lukanin Point, Lukanin Rookery and part of Kitovi Rookery
270 Lukanin Point, Kitovi Rookery 271 Kitovi Point
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Aerial Photographs St. George Island, Alaska
Date: July 15, 1948 Takeoff: 3:15 pm Landing: 5:20 pm Yellow Filter
Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date
(56) 1200’ Toward E 272 Staraya Artil – west half of rookery 273 Staray Artil central and east half 274 Staraya Artil east end 275 North Artil west end hauling ground 276 North Artil west end and hauling ground 277 “ ” 278 North Artil central 279 “ ” 280 “ ” 281 North Artil east end 282 North Artil east end and hauling ground 283 “ ” 284 East Rookery, west end 285 “ ” 286 East Rookery, central 287 “ ” 288 “ ” 289 East Rookery, east end 290 “ ”
(57) 1200’ Toward SE 291 Zapadni Rookery, NW end 292 Zapadni Rookery central 293 Zapadni Rookery south end with cliffs 294 “ ” 295 “ ” 296 “ ” 297 “ ” 298 “ ”
1225’ Toward SE 299 Small lake 300 Lake and Kittiwakes taking off 301 “ ”
(58) 800’ Toward E 302 North Rookery west end 303 “ ” 304 “ ” 305 “ ”
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Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date
(58) 800’ Toward E 306 North Rookery central 307 “ ” 308 “ ” 309 “ ” 310 “ ” 311 “ ” 312 “ ” 313 “ ”
Aerial Photographs St. George Island, Alaska Otter Island, Walrus Island
Date: July 15, 1948 Takeoff: 3:15 pm Landing: 5:20 pm Yellow Filter
Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date
(59) 5600’ Toward E 315 Staraya Artil (entire) 6000’ Toward E 316 “ ”
317 St. George Village (entire) 318 “ ” 319 “ ”
(60) 6000’ Toward E 320 Otter Island – west half 321 Otter Island – east half 322 “ ”
1000’ Toward E 323 Otter Island – cliffs west end, oblique 324 “ ” 325 “ ” 326 “ ”
825’ Toward E 327 Otter Island east end, hair seal and sea lion 328 Otter Island east end, hair seal and hauling
ground 329 “ ” 330 “ ”
(61) 860’ Toward E 331 Walrus Island, SW end (minus north side) sea lions
332 “ ” 333 “ ” 334 “ ” 335 “ ”
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Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date
(61) 860’ Toward E 336 Walrus Island north east end (minus north side), sea lions
337 Walrus Island (62) 900’ Toward E 338 Walrus Island SW end (minus N side) sea
lions 339 “ ” 340 Walrus Island central (minus N side) 341 “ ” 342 Walrus Island north east end 343 Walrus Island southwest end 344 “ ” 345 Walrus Island central area 346 “ ” 347 “ ” 348 Walrus Island northeast end 349 “ ” 350 “ ”
Aerial Photographs St. Paul Island, Alaska
Date: July 15, 1948 Takeoff: 3:15 pm Landing: 5:20 pm Yellow Filter
Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date (63) 1300’ Toward S 351 Sand dunes north side of St. Paul Island
352 “ ” 353 “ ” 354 “ ” 355 Oblique showing Polovina Hill and Rookery
in distance 356 “ ” 357 “ ” 358 “ ”
1200’ Toward S 359 “ ” 1100’ 360 Oblique showing Lake Hill and north side of
St. Paul Island 361 Oblique showing Little Zapadni Rookery 362 “ ”
800’ Toward S 363 “ ”
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Run Altitude Direction of run Negative # Photo date
(63) 800’ Toward S 364 Oblique showing Tolstoi Point village in background
365 “ ” 366 “ ” 367 Oblique showing Tolstoi Rookery, village in
background 368 “ ” 369 “ ” 370 Oblique showing Tolstoi Rookery, Reef in
background 371 Oblique showing village and reef in
background 372 “ ” 373 “ ” 374 Oblique showing Gorbatch from the south 375 Oblique showing Reef and Gorbatch
Rookeries 376 Oblique showing Gorbatch Rookery
Notes: (per Kym Yano, June 2006) • Original 1948 Aerial Photo Archival Info is located in the Fur Seal Archives in NMML
Library. Pamphlet bound; titled “Catalog Aerial Photos 1948”.• **Comments written in the original catalog are in italics.• ***Photo numbers that were marked in the original catalog are in bold.
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