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BCF, Cromwell, September 1964

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Abstract

This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea in 1964 by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (BCF) aboard the Townsend Cromwell, as part of the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. The cruise covered a fixed grid to the east of the main Hawaiian Islands. Materials include: bird observation data sheets, position data (at sea survey chart B), and weather and barometric weather (at sea survey chart C). Bird observation sheets list time, species, #, dir., hgt., and remarks. At sea survey chart B lists date, position and distance data. Includes photocopied maps showing route of cruise.

Date Range

1964

Start Date

Sep 01, 1964

End Date

Sep 20, 1964

Access Information

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Topic

  • Animals
  • Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
  • Birds
  • Ornithology

Place

North Pacific Ocean

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes

Accession #

SIA RU000245

Collection name

National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923

Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 116 Folder 5