United States Bureau of Fisheries, Records, circa 1877-1948
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 4 Folder 19
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Logbooks
Place:
Bering Sea
Date Range:
1895
Start Date:
18950607
End Date:
18950813
Abstract:
Original logbook of the Albatross, dredge numbers 3601-3604, hydro numbers 3581-3608, 7 June to 13 August 1895. Data recorded include survey and hydro number (no.), date, machine, turns, correction, depth, shot or lead, bottom, bottom temperature, number of thermometer, correction, corrected temperature, air temperature, surface temperature, drift, trawl or dredge, sounding wire readings, dredge rope readings, serial temperatures, and general remarks. Some notes on fish and other marine life collected are included. Localities are not named, but coordinates for various parts of the Bering Sea are included.
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