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Coast Guard and Universities Sponsor Ocean Expedition
A joint venture by the National Geographic Society the University of Virginia and the U S Coast Guard plans a voyage to Pitcairn and surrounding islands to trace the birth of the ocean The team will take depth soundings collect sea bottom samples study magnetic conditions and capture aerial photos The expedition aims to improve navigation safety for sea and air traffic spanning about 4 5 million square miles from Kingman Reef to Tonga and Nauru with 20 bases to be established
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie R. Nelson
Union
South Pacific
National Geographic Society
University of Virginia
United States Coast Guard
Captain Bligh
Pitcairn Island
Herman Melville
Robert Louis Stevenson
Davy Jones’ Locker
Coast Guard
Roosevelt
United States
Kingman Reef
Tonga and
Cook Islands
Ducie Island
Nauru Island
Gilbert Group
Pacific
States
Great Britain
France
New Zealand
Canton Island
Pitcairn
Bounty
Tahiti
Wilbur A. Nelson
Carnegie Institution
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
National Broadcasting Company
Fiji
Tonga
San Francisco
Canada
Australia
Canton
Eerephic Society ‘Expedihich
Uni