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Drifters (bottles and seabed), 1922-1990

 Series

Scope and Content Note

From the Record Group:

The Dean Bumpus papers include drift bottle and seabed drifter return program materials, Boston Harbor Survey data, Gill cruises information, bird observations, lightship data, and correspondence.

Dates

  • Creation: 1922-1990

Language of Materials

From the Record Group:

The records are in

English.

Access

Open: materials are available for research.

Extent

81 boxes (40.5 lin. ft.)

Arrangement

The series is arranged in seven subseries:

  1. Historic drift bottle data and logs
  2. Drifters - general information and return letters
  3. Drift bottle/seabed drifter assignment logs
  4. Drift bottle release logs
  5. Drift bottle release logs by name of vessel or lightship
  6. Drift bottle summary logs
  7. Seabed drifter/drift bottle return cards

Repository Details

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

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