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Scientific Experiments and Expeditions, 1952-1993

 Series

Scope and Content Note

This series spans the years 1953 to 1993, and includes three folders of ships' schedules and information on the following expeditions

  1. Cable Projects, l953-l955, (8 ff.) and l971-l972, (2 ff.):Correspondence, technicalreports,trip expenses, anddata books on cable projects including Key West-Havana Cable and Bermuda to Grand Turk Subcable.
  2. Eltanin Project Cruises, l965-l967 (includes SCORPIO Expedition), (4 ff.)
  3. SCOR, GEOSECS, 1968-1972, (1 f.)
  4. FOTAS (Friends of the Arabian Sea), 1969-1973, (8 ff.)
  5. GARP (Global Atmospheric Research Program) and GATE, 1971-1975 (2 ff.)
  6. MODE (Mid-ocean Dynamics Experiment) and PREMODE, 1971-1972, (3 ff.)
  7. INDEX (Indian Ocean Experiment), 1973-1978, (10 ff.)
  8. WOCE (World Ocean Circulation Experiment), 1984-1985 (3 ff.)
  9. Pequod, l979-1980 and Semaphore Experiment, 1979-1980 and 1991, 1993, (2 ff.)
  10. SLOCUM, 1988-1991, (14 ff.)
  11. Ships Schedules, 1971, 1978, 1978-1979

Dates

  • Creation: 1952-1993

Language of Materials

From the Record Group:

The records are in

English.

Access

Open: materials are available for research.

Extent

4.25 boxes (2.125 lin. ft.)

Arrangement

Folders are arranged chronologically by first year of expedition and then alphabetically by title.

Repository Details

Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository

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