Canoe hulls on a sandy shore are painted with traditional Alaskan figures.

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Archaeologists Study Early Whaling Community in Quebec, Canada

Two men each hold a ceramic vessel at the archaeological excavation

Still Blue After a Century of Ocean Science and Exploration

The "Lower Invertebrates" exhibit in Smithsonian Institution Building in 1901 included models of a giant squid and an octopus.