CGC Mackinack, Mendota, and Owasco
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This item contains cruise data from three different Coast Guard Cutter vessels Mackinack (August 28, 1959 to December 26, 1963), Mendota (July 7, 1961 to May 8, 1963), and Owasco (April 16, 1960 to June 19, 1963). Data from the cruises covers plankton sampling in the North Atlantic Ocean near the mid-Altantic, New England United States, and Canada and near the Labrador Sea. The bulk of the collection consists of data sheets recording the following information: "opening and closing plankton tows", "Nansen bottles", ship and cruise no., station no., sample number, total no. samples, coordinates, date, local time, tow type, net in, net out, length of tow, wire angle at max depth, flowmeter reading, corrected depth range, flowmeter no., displacement vol., flowmeter calibration factor, corrected displ. vol., vol. H20 filtered, wire angle information, sky condition, sea condition, surface water temperature, BT slide data, BT temperatures, surface salinity, core no., comments (successful? If not why?), observer name.
Date Range
1959-1963
Start Date
Aug 28, 1959
End Date
Dec 26, 1963
Access Information
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Topic
- Marine Biology
- Plankton
- Invertebrates
- Marine biologists
- Marine biology
Place
- Labrador Sea
- Atlantic Ocean
- North Atlantic 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 8 Folder 5