UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

The use of cloth survival charts in the navigation of rubber rafts

Walter Heinrich Munk, near the fale he lived and worked in while in American Samoa where he worked to track storm driven waves across the Pacific Ocean using digital equipment in field experiments. 1963

Standing on the bow of a boat is a Samoan native, as photographed by a member of the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953) during a stopover in American Samoa. 1953

A beach cove scene with some Samoan fales and houses nestled among the trees in Pago Pago. Pago Pago is the capital town of American Samoa. It is actually a village that is often mistaken to be a city (as in a capital or port city) of this south Pacific territory of the United States of America. The village is located on Pago Pago Harbor, in the island of Tutuila. Circa 1967

South Pacific Ocean : Samoa Group-Island of Upolu : Fagaloa Bay

Research ship R/V Argo moored in Pago Pago Harbor. Pago Pago, the capital town of American Samoa. It is actually a village that is often mistaken to be a city (as in a capital or port city) of this south Pacific territory of the United States of America. The village is located on Pago Pago Harbor, in the island of Tutuila. Circa 1967

Plans in the South Pacific Ocean

Alan Jones, Baird Cook talking to Rapa Nui girl, Easter Island. Feb. 1958

South Pacific Ocean : anchorages on the north east coast of New Guinea

South-west Pacific : plans of anchorages on the north east coast of New Guinea

South Pacific Ocean : New Guinea-southeast coast : Louisiade Archipelago : Basilaki (Moresby) Island to Deboyne Islands including Jomard Entrance

South Pacific Ocean : Papua-east coast : Goschen Strait including Jackdaw and Raven Channels with adjacent islands