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Shipwreck at Palmyra Atoll NWR as seen from air in 2011.Photo Credit: Graeme Gale/Island Conservation
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Before this shipwreck could be removed from Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, the crew had to remove all the vegetation that was growing on it with pail and shovel. Photo Credit: Amanda Pollock/USFWS.
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Crews shoveled loose rust chips and used other methods to remove this shipwreck at Palmyra Atoll NWR. Photo credit: Susan White/USFWS
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A shipwreck on Palmyra Atoll NWR had disintegrated into fine shale-like pieces of rust and fluff in some areas, so most of the debris were shoveled by hand and carted away in buckets. Photo Credit: Susan White/USFWS.
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One of the project crew collects debris by hand at shipwreck on Palmyra Atoll NWR. Photo credit: USFWS
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The F/V Hui Feng No.1 grounded on the reef and lying on her side at the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (Dec. 2012). Photo credit: Susan White/USFWS
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Pipes and other wreck debris at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is carpeted by the invasive corallimorph that is gaining nutrients from the wreck's iron. The diver in the background serves as a size scale. Photo credit: Susan White/USFWS
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Jack up barge and Hui Feng No. 1 shipwreck at Palmyra Atoll NWR. Photo Credit: Susan White/USFWS
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An underwater exothermic torch was used by commercial divers to cut into the F/V Hui Feng No. 1 at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Photo Credit: Susan White/USFWS.
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Removing part of the Hui Feng No. 1 shipwreck at Palmyra Atoll NWR. Photo Credit: Amanda Pollock/USFWS.
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Shipwreck debris from Palmyra Atoll NWR. Photo credit: Susan White/USFWS
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Removal of Shipwrecked Hui Feng, Palmyra Atoll, Nov-Dec 2013. Photo credit: USFWS
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The bow of the teak fishing vessel on Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge is the only distinguishable feature back in 2008 stranded on the reef. Photo Credit: Jim Maragos/USFWS.
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Huge surge and breaking waves were some the biggest challenges to remove the shipwreck on Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge. Divers collected deepwater debris in the lagoon while on SCUBA and transferred it to shallow water transport scows at the surf
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Timbers and debris from the teak fishing vessel are lifted out of the water by the shallow water transport scow and secured on the tug at Kingman Reef Naitonal Wildlife Refuge. Photo Credit: Susan White/USFWS.
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White Terns in Flight
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Frigate Birds in Flight
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Brown Boobies
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Brown Booby
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Coconut Trees
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Eastern Island Beach
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Pisonia Trunk
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Red-Footed Boobies