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The Sirius sailed from Seattle on Jiilj'- 24, carrying approximately 

 1,766 tons of general supplies, 1,065 tons of coal, and 550,000 feet of 

 lumber, and arrived at the Pribilofs August 1. The vessel left the 

 islands on August 23 carrying 30,433 fur-seal skins, miscellaneous 

 freight and three passengers for the bureau to Seattle. 



The bureau's new power vessel Penguin has been of material 

 advantage in the shipment and transportation of supplies to the 

 islands. The vessel sailed from Seattle on the evening of May 5 on 

 its first voyage to Alaska, carrying 100 tons of cement and 75 tons of 

 general supplies. Her next voyage was made the following month, 

 leaving Seattle June 7 with 1023^ tons of salt and 62 tons of general 

 cargo. A shipment of perishable supplies was taken north on the 

 steamship Catherine D and delivered to the Penguin at King Cove on 

 July 10, for transfer to the islands. The fall supplies, consisting 

 chiefly of perishable foodstuffs, were shipped from Seattle on the 

 Penguin on October 6. 



POWER VESSEL " PENGUIN " 



The power vessel Penguin, newest and largest of the bm-eau's 

 Alaska vessels, which was launched at Seattle, Wash., on January 8, 

 1930, left Seattle for the Pribilof Islands on its maiden voyage on 

 May 5, with 175 tons of general cargo and 17 bureau employees, and 

 arrived at the islands on May 16. After landing passengers and cargo 

 and performing some interisland work, the vessel proceeded to Una- 

 laska and thence to Akutan, where seven native workmen were taken 

 aboard for passage to the islands. On the return voyage the Penguin 

 left the Pribilofs on May 22 and arrived at Seattle nine days later on 

 May 31, the passage being by the outside route. 



On June 7 the Penguin left Seattle on its second journey north, 

 carrying general cargo, 4 members of the bureau's stafl^, and 17 Fouke 

 Fur Co. employees to assist with sealing operations. The Pribilofs 

 were reached on June 17 and on the following day the vessel departed 

 on a trip to various points on the Alaska Peninsula to secure native 

 workmen, 11 of whom were landed at the islands on June 27. A ship- 

 ment of 800 sacks of cement was then transferred from St. George 

 Island to St. Paul Island. During the first half of July a trip was made 

 to King Cove to transfer passengers, mail, and perishable supplies 

 that had been brought north on the steamship Catherine D. The re- 

 mainder of the month was spent in interisland transportation and 

 assisting in the computation of the fur-seal herd. The Penguin 

 sailed from the Pribilofs on July 31 with passengers (Fouke Fur Co. 

 men and bureau employees) and 160 barrels of fur-seal skins and 

 reached Seattle on August 12, where it was tied up at Lake Union for 

 the remainder of the month for minor repairs and general cleaning. 



From September 6 to September 26 the Penguin was on a trip to 

 southeast Alaska assisting with the gathering of data on the salmon 

 escapement in the Ketchikan district. On October 6 the Penguin 

 sailed from Seattle for the Pribilofs via Ketchikan and Unalaska, 

 arriving at St. George Island on October 17. An operator for the 

 St. Paul Island radio station and his wife and child were passengers 

 on the vessel, as were also three members of families of bureau em- 

 ployees stationed at the islands. Transportation work between the 

 islands and Unalaska was then undertaken and on October 25 the 

 vessel departed for Seattle, stopping en route at a number of villages 



