United States Bureau of Fisheries, Records, circa 1877-1948
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 4 Folder 25
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Logbooks
Place:
Farallones, Gulf of the
Pacific Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
Date Range:
1897-1898
Start Date:
18970803
End Date:
18980401
Abstract:
Original logbook of the Albatross, dredge numbers 3677-3680, hydro numbers 3743-3777, 3 August 1897 to 1 April 1898. 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. Notes on fish and other marine life such as shells are included. Localities are not named, but coordinates for the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, and various areas of the North Pacific are included.
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