Two photos from Friday’s inspection of a 64-foot dock washed ashore on an Olympic National Park beach have been released.
Researchers are analyzing samples of potentially invasive marine species they took from the concrete-and-steel dock that swept ashore on a remote Olympic National Park beach south of LaPush from the 2011 Japanese tsunami.
After being turned back by a rain-swollen creek the day before, the eight-person team from the park, state Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon State University hiked into the beach on Friday, inspected five surfaces of the dock and took live samples of marine species for laboratory analysis.
They found Japanese writing in one of the holds, said Rainey McKenna, Olympic National Park spokeswoman, and photos of the dock are being shared with the Japanese consulate to officially confirm the dock as tsunami debris.
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