U.S. Coast Guard Cutter NORTHWIND Bering Sea patrol, 1948 [graphic].

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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter NORTHWIND Bering Sea patrol, 1948 [graphic].

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This collection contains 47 b&w photographs of the 1948 U.S. Coast Guard Cutter NORTHWIND's Bering Sea patrol. In 1948, the USCGC NORTHWIND departed Seattle to head up the Bering Sea Patrol. The patrol was responsible for improving navigation outposts in the Aleutian Islands, replenishing food and fuel supplies and providing mail service. Law enforcement was provided by the "Floating Court" headed by District Judge Joseph Kehoe. The court travelled on the NORTHWIND from May 14-June 4, 1948. Other patrol services included medical care for natives and government personnel provided by the U.S. Public Health Service, nutritionists, Alaska Native Service welfare workers and educators as well as a scientific team studying ethnology from the Peabody Museum at Harvard. The photographer is unidentified. A U.S.C.G. narrative of the journey is enclosed.

47 photoprints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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