Vema cruise 21, February 1965-December 1965 : part 1, February 1965 to April 1965

Abstract

This item is part 1 of the 4 part, unbound logbook for Vema cruise 21 from February 1965 to December 1965. Part 1 covers the cruise information from February 12 to April 4, 1965. Contains detail logs and an envelope labeled "miscellaneous notes". Summary of route: during this portion of Vema 21, the cruise begins at 38° 43'N, 72° 39'W off the coast of Delaware. They sail south and eventually west into the Caribbean Sea and then into the North Pacific Ocean. They then sail slightly south and west in to the South Pacific and end this portion of the cruise at 21° 07'S, 138° 49'W in the South Pacific Ocean.|This item mostly consists of detailed logs recording information about hauls at various stations. Detailed logs record the following types of information: Ship and cruise number, station number, sample number, coordinates, total number of samples, date, median local time, type of tow, sample type, commence sampling, terminate sampling, length of tow, wire angle at max. depth, flowmeter reading, corrected depth range, flowmeter number, displacement vol., flowmeter calib. factor, corrected displ., vol., Vol. H20 filtered, sky conditions, sea conditions, surface water temperature, Bt slide no., BT serial no., BT temperatures (on reverse side of sheet), Nansen hydro sta. number, no. samples, max. depth, surface salinity, core no., secchi disk, comments, successful haul? (yes or no), if not successful, what was wrong?, observer name. Some detailed logs are accompanied by sheets entitled "Lamont multiple opening-and-closing plankton tows", which record the following information: action, time, calc. depth, wire rate, wire angle, wire out, depth upper, depth middle, depth lower, depth, total time, meter reading, meter factor, mater number, vol. filtered, label no., remarks. The back (verso) of the detailed log sheets records BT slide no., depth, temperature, salinity in a table. Some detailed logs sheets include time-depth recorders (made by Benthos, Inc), which are approximately 3 inches in diameter. Each of these has a date, time, coordinates, ship name, recorder number, (and a place to record calibration). There is also a small flowmeters chart and a note are taped to the back (verso) of the cover.

Date Range

1965

Start Date

Feb 12, 1965

End Date

Apr 04, 1965

Access Information

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Topic

• Marine Biology
• Plankton
• Invertebrates
• Marine biologists
• Marine biology

Place

• South Pacific Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Caribbean Sea
• North Atlantic Ocean
• North Pacific Ocean

Form/Genre

• Fieldbook record
• Field notes
• Logbooks

Accession #

SIA Acc. 09-008

Collection name

Allan W. H. Bé papers, circa 1953-1969

Physical Description

1 logbook

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 4 Folder 1