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Above and Below the Sea Ice of Antarctica, 1967

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: B
Scope and Contents "Above and Below the Sea Ice of Antarctica. In this harsh world there is a continuing study of Weddell seal and other marine animals. Sponsored by the New York Zoological Society under a grant from the National Science Foundation. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the Commander, Antarctic Support Forces, US Navy, and the Biological Laboratory at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Photographed in Antarctica by Peter R. Gimbel, LT David Lavallee US Navy, Carleton Ray, New York Aquarium, Fleet...
Dates: 1967

Antarctic Laboratory, 1963

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: B
Scope and Contents Film depicting Carleton Ray's studies of the Weddel seal in Antarctica. In addition to footage of seals, includes shots of research facilities, researchers, and penguins. Includes footage of researchers collecting seals for study and subsequent study activities. Includes underwater (under the ice) footage of researchers scuba diving. "Antarctic Laboratory. A study of the submarine environment and ecology of the Weddell seal. Sponsored by the New York Zoological Society under a grant from...
Dates: 1963

[Antarctica], 1964

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: G
Scope and Contents

Overexposed and darkly lit outtakes of natural holes in the sea ice and members of the Antarctica expedition.

Dates: 1964

[Antarctica], 1963

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: G
Scope and Contents

Researchers testing water indoors at the Antarctic research facilities.

Dates: 1963

Antarctica - Weddell seals, 1963 - 1964

 Item — Container: Unit 1, Shelf: G
Scope and Contents

"Outtakes from Antarctica - Weddell Seal Principal Investigator - Carleton Ray. Containing 1963 and 1964 original footage"--Original can label.

Dates: 1963 - 1964

Antarctica - Weddell seals, circa 1961-1966

 Item — Container: Unit 1, Shelf: G
Scope and Contents

Outtakes of the Antarctic station being built, seals in the landscape, shots of researchers and their living quarter interiors.

Dates: circa 1961-1966

Antarctica - Weddell seals, reel 1, 1961

 Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: C
Scope and Contents

Footage from Carleton Ray taken during his Antarctica studies. Reel 1 includes shots of the US Antarctic Research Program and various surrouding buildings, researchers entering and exiting these buildings, including the Biology Laboratory, aerial landscape shots, researchers obtaining samples from seals, researcher darting a seal to obtain samples, researchers collecting seals and US Navy helicopter appearing to transport it away.

Dates: 1961

Antarctica - Weddell seals, reel 1A, circa 1961-1966

 Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: C
Scope and Contents

Footage from Carleton Ray taken during his Antarctica studies. Reel 1A has footage of seals, and penguins, and research scientists, diving and with audio equipment. Includes underwater footage of seals and human diver.

Dates: circa 1961-1966

Antarctica - Weddell seals, reel 2A, 1964

 Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: C
Scope and Contents Footage from Peter Gimbel and Carleton Ray taken during Ray's Antarctica studies. Reel 2A includes footage of researchers in scuba gear and on the ice, underwater footage of seals and jellyfish and human divers, researchers on the snow with a seal and a newly born pup [note the presence of blood presumably from the birth], researchers cutting into the snow, United States Antarctic Program equipment, scuba divers putting gear on, penguins in the snow, researchers in a lab, researcher...
Dates: 1964

Antarctica - Weddell seals, reel 3, 1966

 Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: C
Scope and Contents

Footage from Carleton Ray taken during his Antarctica studies. Reel 3 shows researchers with seals, including weighing seal pups; seals with pups; birds eating what appears to be meat; an area blocked off for "Seals Mating, Adults Only"; researchers exiting a trailer with an NYZS flag on it; researchers using audio recording devices indoors, bird eating eyeballs of dead seal pup; landscape shots of researcher area.

Dates: 1966