When oiled birds and marine mammals become oiled, their feathers and fur lose the ability to keep dry. As water soaks the animal, cold sets in and they will often go ashore tto attempt to get dry and warm. Predators such as these foxes will...
Work of the Service; Oil spills; Wildlife refuges; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Aleutians; Unalaska
Wrecked halves of M/V Selendang Ayu with oil streamers. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Response to Grounding/Oil Spill off Unalaska Background Information The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is responding to the grounding of the 738-foot cargo v
Halter Collection; Recreation; Hiking; WW II; World War II; World War Two; Military; Wildlife refuges; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Aleutians; Alaska
WW II Servicemen hiking in an unknown area of presumably Attu Island on a sunny day. This image was taken by Leo Halter, a serviceman stationed on Attu during WW II.