Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . ations in^oduced even richer collections thanwere obtained last year. This was made pcjssible by the new and addi-tional equipment designed by W. Charles Swett, executive officer onboard, and provided by Captain Hancock for the use of the scientificstaff of the expedition. One of the ships two 24-foot motor whale-boats had been converted into a dredge boat by the installation for-ward of a specially built dredging winch carrying over 300 fathomsof steel cable, and aft of a stout platform with shear legs for landingthe dredge ne
Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . ations in^oduced even richer collections thanwere obtained last year. This was made pcjssible by the new and addi-tional equipment designed by W. Charles Swett, executive officer onboard, and provided by Captain Hancock for the use of the scientificstaff of the expedition. One of the ships two 24-foot motor whale-boats had been converted into a dredge boat by the installation for-ward of a specially built dredging winch carrying over 300 fathomsof steel cable, and aft of a stout platform with shear legs for landingthe dredge net and contents for convenient sorting. Thus we were enabled to explore depths unattainable the previousyear and make profitable return trips to localities where shallow watercollecting had been done on the preceding cruise. One hundred andsix dredging stations were occupied in the course of the expedition. The cruise carried through an ambitious program. Our first col-lecting was done in Braithwaite Bay, Socorro Island. A day was spent 17 SMITHSONIAX INSTITUTION. Fig. 12.—Point Cliristopher, Albemarle Island. The scenery is of such barren,volcanic nature that we immediately named it The Vallev of the Moon. ?mmammmmr* mimmm,. .:i»Mmv^,mml»
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