Keywords: Whaleboat Beechley point 1950 corp1144.jpg en Alaska Beechey Point Alaska North Slope Summer 1950 A wooden whaleboat on a grassy arctic beach The rudder and five thwarts are visible and the boat though possibly abandoned has not lost its paint and appears to be intact though without spars oars and tiller Some interesting construction details are visible NOAA caption An abandoned whale boat from years before NOAA Photo Library http //www photolib noaa gov/htmls/corp1144 htm corp1144 NOAA At The Ends of the Earth Collection Rear Admiral Harley D Nygren NOAA Corps ret 1950 PD-USGov Whaleboats rowed 1950 in Alaska Arctic Ocean Boats in Alaska Beaches of Alaska Beaches in the Arctic Photographs by Harley D Nygren |