Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "A tugboat and barges, used to lighter freight from larger ocean-going barges after their arrival on Alaska's North Slope, maintain a lonely vigil after freezeup in the fall on 1969."
Captain Lockert collected photographs and papers during the years he served the Alaska Marine Highway System, continuing his interest in Alaska maritime affairs until his death in 1990. The papers are mostly 12 scrapbooks from 1964-1978 and one box...