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Published April 12, 2009, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: First saltie arrives in the Twin Ports

The Dutch Medemborg arrives in Duluth for the 2009 season


The Dutch Medemborg approaches the Aerial Lift Bridge Sunday morning as the gulls swarm, and a crowd starts to develop. (Amanda Hansmeyer/ ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)

  • The Dutch Medemborg approaches the Aerial Lift Bridge Sunday morning as the gulls swarm, and a crowd starts to develop. (Amanda Hansmeyer/ ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)
  • The Dutch Medemborg approaches the Aerial Lift Bridge Sunday morning at 10:30. (Amanda Hansmeyer/ ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)
  • Ella Gigstead, 6, of Albertville, Minn., tries to block the noise of the Medemborg's horn as it approaches the Aerial Lift Bridge Sunday morning. Ella was vacationing in Duluth with her family. (Amanda Hansmeyer/ ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)
  • Jennifer Gustafson (left) Nicole Gustafson, 8, and David Gustafson watch, and document the Dutch saltie Medemborg as it approaches the Aerial Lift Bridge in Canal Park Sunday morning. The family is from Robbinsdale, Minn., and came up the North Shore for the weekend. The Medemborg was the first salt water vessel to arrive in the Twin Ports for the 2009 shipping season. (Amanda Hansmeyer/ ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)