Decommissioned Power Plant Demolition Showing Seal Pelt Drying Racks

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Decommissioned Power Plant (DPP). This photo shows 11 seal pelt drying racks that had been stored inside the DPP prior to its demolition. According to archaeologist Mark Pipkin of Walking Dog Archaeology, these racks were not visibly used and had been constructed using fasteners indicative of the last quarter of the 20th century. Mark determined these racks did not have cultural significance. Bering Sea Eccotech relocated these racks to the second floor of the nearby Machine Shop. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration representative Greg Gervais contacted the Tribal Government of St. Paul Island to determine their interest in taking these racks for use with their subsistence Northern fur seal harvest.

Location: St. Paul Island, Alaska

Site: NOAA Site 18/Two Party Agreement 9c, Decommissioned Power Plant

[Media Creator: Greg Gervais / Affiliation: NOAA Pribilof Project Office]
Photographs Documenting Environmental Cleanup Projects, and Social and Economic Life, on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska