
Expedition
Log

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August 13, 2001
Souvenir Album:
St. Paul Island,
Pribilofs
Images (click images for a
larger view)
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Halibut
hooks, baited with herring, hang ready on the side
of a long-line fishing boat in St. Paul. The hooks,
weighted with anchors, are attached to a long
fishing line and sent far below the water to catch
halibut. Commercial fishing has replaced sealing as
a major source of employment in St. Paul. Fisherman
harvest halibut in summer and crab in winter.
(Photo by National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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Fur seal pup
basks in the sun on a rock at the Reef Point seal
blind on St. Paul Island. (Photo by National Ocean
Service, NOAA).
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Approximately
one million fur seals live on St. Paul Island. This
is the largest concentration of this marine mammal,
about two-thirds of the population. (Photo by
National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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Harriman
Retraced participants stand on a cliff preparing
for bird watching. (Photo by National Ocean
Service, NOAA).
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Common murre
perched on high cliff above the sea. (Photo by
National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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Two puffins
and a black-legged kittiwake co-exist on a cliff.
(Photo by National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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