taken of the favorable conditions and operations were pushed to the utmost during 

 the long summer hours of daylight. The vessel was underway at dawn and very often 

 anchored after dark. The several questionable days were devoted to the inshore phases 

 of the work or to traveling coastwise, and the few impossible days, it must be ad- 

 mitted, provided a welcome break and were used to keep up with the great volume of 

 associated paper work. 



3 . Conclusion : 



The summer of 1952 was profitably spent in Labrador waters. The continuing and 

 repeated oceanographic observations are giving us a better understanding of the con- 

 ditions and processes within the study areas. The series of data from the Hamilton 

 Inlet-Lake Melville area over the past three years is particularly valuable, especial- 

 ly with the determination of the basic winter regime made during March 1952. The prin- 

 cipal requirement now in rounding out the oceanographic study of this area is observa- 

 tions at other seasons in order to trace more accurately the seasonal transition 

 throughout the annual cycle. 



The reconnaissance survey operations carried out in the Port Manvers to Saglek 

 area will provide valuable data of the general depths and bottom topography. Until 

 such time as a complete hydrographic survey with triangulation and proper shore con- 

 trol is possible, a vessel such as the Blue Dolphin can effectively and economically 

 carry out preliminary examination of such uncharted areas. 



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