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Michael E Murray
Michael E. Murray left by Greyhound bus 4:00 pm Thanksgiving day 2007 from the Lewiston,\ ME terminal to travel cross country making his way on the 7180 mile journey for a four month\ stay and a once in a lifetime opportunity to lend his construction talents for the betterment of the\ Cooper Island Encampment. A life long resident of Maine, he gave notice to his employer at The\ Dingley Press , saying farewell to one of Maine’s worst winters on record eagerly signed on to this\ South Pacific adventure. Four plane flights passing through TSA checkpoints and several days\ later, Maritime Air’s turbo prop plane set down on the one-mile long Cooper Island runway the\ beginning of Murray's four-month adventure!\ The Nature Conservancy along with The National Fish and Wildlife Service purchased the\ privately owned atoll to save this necklace of emerald inlets in the South Pacific during 2000 for\ mankind. Construction crews soon built the Cooper Camp establishing a small base of operations.\ Soon after a seasonal rotational community made up of scientist and TNC employees began living\ in open-air cabins calling Palmyra home for their brief stays. The winter rotation 07/08 population\ four made up of Murray, Dennis Girardot, Station Manager, Will mechanic and Karen camp chef\ spent their days servicing the Atoll by way of their specialties and talents. March 17th with the\ return of Maritime Air marked the end of the tour for three of the four island castaways replaced\ by the spring rotation crew eager to step into their roles proudly working for the betterment of\ Palmyra and the TNC mission.
Michael E Murray's tags
- Birds of Palmyra
- Bunkers Palmyra
- Construction
- Cooper Camp
- Maine Photoes
- Mr Murray
- Navy Stuff
- Odds N Ends
- Palmyra Creatures
- Palmyra Landscape
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Michael E Murray's conversations
Excellent shot.Greetings from Bangladesh.
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Excellent shot.Greetings from Bangladesh.
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Beautiful Ukraine surely can't be hopeless? Odessa, the Black Sea, all the beautiful inhabitants of ... The world is moving along, as people in this day we move along (for some of us) together. In that we share by this medium unique bonds of faith and hope ... Don't give up on hope... sincerely Michael
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Smiles: If you click on the picture, you will see a little larger pic. The original was cropped to take in the building specifically. The original is available by email: MEMmaker3@yahoo.com (just make sure you include the information about the picture you want, so I can get the right one back to you) Mike
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is there any living ?
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Kewl! Yes, the ladder was in sad shape. Someone since you - made a wooden ladder and tied into place, however, it was not in much better shape! I never did climb up on the roof but during a few night in dream land, pictured myself tied to a palm on the roof with huge waves approaching the 5' elevated Atoll. Guess that comes with living there for four months! Great place! Thank you for sharing!
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This is not a bunker. This structure housed power generation equipment.
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vahat ıs thıs kus what ı yor name
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Nice story.
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Wow tonight must be ladies night...
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