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English: Photographer: Self-portrait, William McTigue

Date: 1957
Location: Marble Point, Antarctica
Source: United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Bill McTigue stands at a Marble Point survey control station used during construction of air strip. The air strip is no longer in use. However, a contemporary fuel station at the site is used for re-fueling helicopters enroute to and returning from research operations into the nearby continental interior.
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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

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  • 2007-01-14 21:35 Fishdecoy 1788×1176×8 (1265444 bytes)

The photo is in the NOAA photo library not because William McTigue was working for NOAA at the time of the photo but because his daughter, Teresa McTigue, is a NOAA scientist. William was a civilian cartographer with Navy Hydrographic.

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