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Te Vega Cruise #8

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Dates Summer Jul-Sep 1965
Chief Scientist Rolf Bolin
Senior Scientists Eugene C. Haderlie, Sir Alister Hardy
Junior Scientists John W. Born, James J. Childress, Ralph V. Dykes, William T. Gnewuch, Vida C. Kenk, Harold Koopowitz, Ben Korgen, R. Michael Laurs, R. W. Piddington, Alan H. Robinson, Mary Wilcox, David Zoeliner
Teaching Assistants
Marine Technicians
Doctor Fry
Captain Omer Darr
Ports of call Pago Pago, American Samoa to Monterey, California

Narrative by Bolin.

Installment 21, June 20, scientific party assembled. June 20-23, Pago Pago to Vava’u, northern Tongan Islands. June 30-July 2, Vava’u back to Pago Pago.

Installment 22, July 4-6 , Pago Pago to Fakaofo Atoll, Tokelau Islands. July 6-10, Fakaofo to Canton Island.

Installment 23, July 13-21, Canton to Christmas Island. July 23-25, Christmas to Fanning Island. July 26-Aug 2, Fanning to Honolulu.

Installment 24, August 2-10, in Honolulu. August 10-17, Lahaina, Maui.  August 17-21, Honolulu. August 21-September 5, Honolulu to Monterey, California

Interview of Vida Kenk and Professor Rolf Bolin
1965, Pago Pago to Honolulu to Monterey

Te Vega Cruise #8 Binder

Cruise itinerary, cruise narrative, station reports = biological data (handwritten).

Te Vega Cruise #8 BT data

Te Vega Cruise #8 BT data (interpolated)

Blue is cruise #8

Red is cruise #1

White is cruise #7