Leewards album - Pearl and Hermes no negs

Related Titles

Contained In: National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923

Series: SIA RU000245

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1963, undated

Notes

The black and white photographs, contact sheets and album pages document field work completed during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, 1963 and undated. Caption information varies. Some include negative number, date, location and descriptions. Subject matter includes birds and seals of various ages. Photograph album pages include captions that list individuals pictured, location (including part of island), activity, and date information. Photos show the process of disembarking at Pearl and Hermes Reef (February 1963), arrival, setting up camp, camp life, flocks of birds at lagoon, sharks, seals, and turtles.

Subjects

Black-and-white photographs , Field notes , Herpetology , Leeward Islands , Mammalogy , Ornithology , Pearl and Hermes Atoll , Seals (Animals) , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English