Box 4

Scope and Content From the Fonds:

The bulk of this collection consists of Arcturus records, including the logbook of the steamship, dredging records, haul summaries, outlines and field notes on fishes and pediculates, data on deep sea fauna, and background notes for published studies. Noma materials consist of the ship's bridge log and catalogs of birds and vertebrates.

Abstract The bulk of this collection consists of records created by the Department of Tropical Research during their investigation of the Sargasso Sea, Humboldt Current, and Hudson Gorge, aboard the Arcturus. Records include the logbook of the steamship, dredging records, haul summaries, outlines and field notes on fishes and pediculates, data on deep sea fauna, and background notes for published studies. Additionally, this collection holds some records created during...