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of the old dock warehouse into an electric and plumbing shop. The regular winter 

 village crew is continuing work on this project. The construction crew also 

 installed new doors on the Armco warehouse and placed the sewage treatment 

 screen in its permanent location under the blubber house. One member of the 

 construction crew (carpenler-helper) spent most of his time in constructing and 

 installing outside ladders for fire escapes on the Com'sany House and various 

 homes throughout the village. Railings on some of the stairways within the 

 village houses were also installed . 



Upon the comi^eltion of the sealing season (July 31), workmen who had been 

 engaged in sealing and blubbering became available and were assigned to im- 

 proving the roads, hauling fill material for the new airstrip, painting houses and 

 general maintenance work throughout the village. 



Tbanspoktation and Supply 



In February 1970, all three holds of the M/V PRIBILOF were lined with 

 plywood in order to carry bulk gravel. The ship was able to carry 2,987 short tons 

 of this commodity to the Pribilof Islands in four trips, in addition to 1,191 tons 

 of other cargo, for a total of 4,178 short tons of miscellaneous supplies carried 

 on the PRIBILOF in 1970. 



Southbound, in addition to empty propane cylinders, emnty helium cylinders 

 and miscellaneous small items, the PRIBILOF brought to Seattle the 1969 catch 

 of sealskins and blubber on the April voyage, and in September, she carried the 

 1970 season's production. The ship also brought to Bellingham, Washington 197 

 tons of ground seal meat wliich was in excess of the carrying capacity of the 

 commercial vessel WESTERN PIONEER. 



The \v ESTBRN PIONEER made two trips to St. Paul to pick up a portion of 

 the ground seal meat. Due to commitments to the crab industry, the vessel was 

 unable to carry all the meat available on either trip. 



Reeve Aleution Airways, Inc. continued flights to St. Paul each Wednesday and 

 continued the tourist flights from the end of June through August. 



Alaska Pudget United Tug & Bargo Co., under contract with the Air Force, de- 

 livered 800,000 gallons of diesel fuel and 76,000 gallons of gasoline to the Bureau 

 of Commercial Fisheries on St. Paul and St. George Islands. The company also 

 delivered oil and gasoline to the U.S. Coast Guard on St. Paul, a pre-fabricated 

 house for the Weather Bureau on St. Paul, and a piece of heavy equipment to 

 St. George. The delivering company was plagued with problems this year. TSvo 

 houses were scheduled for delivery to the Weather Bureau, but one half of one 

 was dropped and destroyed in hoisting from the oil barge to the landing craft. 

 The other half of this building was returned to the manufacturer. Because of 

 adverse weather and landing conditions, it took a week to land the heavy equip- 

 ment on St. George. 



Beseabch Data 



studies by independent eeseaechebs 



Scientists from three institutions pursued independent studies on St. Paul 

 Island in 1970. The principal investigators were Drs. Merrill P. Spencer, M.D., 

 Director, Virginia Mason Research Center, Seattle, Washington ; Ke Chung Kim, 

 Ph. D., entomologist, Pennsylvania State University; and Joseph Daniel, Jr., 

 Ph. D., development physiologist, University of Colorado. 



Dr. Spencer, a cardiovascular specialist, was accompanied by Ann Van Goe- 

 them, D.V.M., a veterinary surgeon ; Mr. Uorman Simmons, an electronics tech- 

 nician ; and Mr. Charles Barefoot, a medical instrumentation specialist. The team 

 conducted experiments of diving physiology and euthanasia involving 32 bachelor 

 fur seals over a 4-week period. The experiments were planned jointly by Dr. 

 Spencer and Mark C. Keyes, D.V.M., staff research veterinarian for the Marine 

 Mammal Biological Laboratory. Dr. Keyes directed the team during the first and 

 fourth week when experiments pertained to euthanasia by means of succinyl- 

 choline injection or stunning and bleeding, and assisted the team during the sec- 

 ond and third week when experiments, pertaining to diving physiology and sub- 

 jection of seals to hyjwxic atmospheres of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, were di- 

 rected by Dr. Spencer. Eight seals were surgically instrumented for electro- 

 cardiogram, electroencephalogram, blood pressure, and blood flow. Half of these 

 were used for diving physiology experiments followed by euthanasia by various 

 means, and half were used for euthanasia experiments only. 



