loaned to the expedition. 



The 40-foot cruiser, christened Explorer, features many items designed 

 for the purposes of the expedition. Included amongst these is a lifting boom 

 with a capacity of 2,500 pounds, extra heavy towing chocks, automatic 

 pilot attached to both cockpit and topside controls, Bendix depth gauge, 

 Taylor temperature gauge permitting the taking of ocean temperatures 

 while running, a special live-bait well, a deep freeze with a capacity of 1 6 

 cubic feet, and a completely new type of marine radio telephone. 



Acknowledgments 



Success of the expedition was made possible, not only through the hard 

 work of the sponsors and of the scientific staff, but also as a result of the 

 kind cooperation of a considerable number of individuals and agencies 

 who gave freely of their advice and assistance, both in the planning and 

 outfitting of the expedition and in the actual field operations. It is not 

 possible to name all of these, but the following brief list is representative 

 of the many to whom it is desired to accord grateful acknowledgments. 



Representatives of the governments of Chile, Peru and Ecuador, for 

 their continuing cooperation, and the personal interest shown by their 

 excellencies, the ambassadors and the consul-generals in New York and 

 Miami, and their officials in South America. 



W. R. Grace Company and the Grace Steamship Line, whose agents in 

 South America facilitated arrangements, and who handled and shipped the 

 Explorer from New York to Iquique, Chile, and also the subsequent ship- 

 ping of the cruiser to Peru and Ecuador. 



Pan American World Airways System who put the facilities of their 

 organization at the disposal of the expedition, as well as aiding in trans- 

 portation and contributing a life raft for use aboard the Explorer. 



Panagra (Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc.) for their contribution, 

 cooperation and assistance as well as putting their facilities and personnel 

 at the disposal of the expedition. 



Wheeler Shipyard for building the Explorer, and special design of the 

 cruiser. 



H. W. Remerscheid, vice-president of the Bell & Howell Company, 

 Hollywood Division. J. W. McAdams and their able staff, for their splendid 

 cooperation. Moving picture records of the expedition were filmed entirely 

 with Bell & Howell Company equipment. 



Hudson American Corporation of New York, a subsidiary of Claude 

 Neon, Incorporated, for supplying and installing radio telephone aboard 

 the Explorer, and assigned one of their chief engineers for this purpose. 



Dr. Norwood L. Simmons, chief engineer of the Hollywood Motion 

 Picture Film Division of the Eastman Kodak Company, for his technical 



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