Experiment in Photographing Fur Seals, Polovina Rookery, St. Paul Island, Alaska, 1947

Four men standing in a featureless area, with low grass; and a mountain line in the background. The man in the center holds two large meteorological balloons, to which is attached a bag, with a rope line or cord leading to a winch that is placed on the ground, in front of the man on the far right. A camera of 1940s vintage lays in the ground in the foreground, also attached to a length of rope/cord. All four men are dressed from warmth.

Photo By/Credit

V. B. Scheffer

Date Shot/Created

06/30/1947

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Experiment in the use of a camera suspended from two meteorological balloons, for photographing Fur Seals. Personnel: left to right - Sr. Raul Vaz-Ferreira, Uruguayan observer; Karl W. Kenyon, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist; William. H. Sholes, Jr., U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist; and Robert Zanes Brown, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist. Polovina Rockery, Saint Paul Island, Alaska.