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We’re going North to Alaska, north to the wild rivers and ice-bound valleys, north to the land of fumaroles and smoking volcanoes, and north to the land of ice-covered ocean, walrus, seal, and polar bear. The Coast and Geodetic Survey was the pioneer federal agency in Alaska. George Davidson of the Coast Survey accompanied the Revenue Cutter LINCOLN in its inspection of Russian Alaska in 1867 prior to the purchase of Seward’s Icebox. His report helped influence the Government to buy Alaska, the second best real estate deal of all time. Since then, Coast Surveyors have charted its coasts, surveyed its interior, and worked on its far northern fringes. Put on your parkas, spray on the mosquito repellent, and share some of the adventures while the Coast and Geodetic Survey ranges from Southeast Alaska, through the Aleutians to the Bering Sea, and up to the North Slope and the Cold War surveys of the DEW Line.
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