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pl23_cgs01829.jpg

Survey launch Fair Dinkum being prepared for launching

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Description

Survey launch Fair Dinkum being prepared for launching. Although at 70 NorthLatitude on the north slope of Alaska, fair dinkum is Australian slang for real or speaking the truth. This boat discovered Dinkum Sands which led to along dispute between the state of Alaska and the federal government concerningmineral royalty rights.

Photographer

Rear Admiral Harley D. Nygren

Display Date

1950 circa

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA Corps (ret.)