July 24th and 25th: The weather deteriorated with rain and poor visibility which 

 forced discontinuance of work at 1000 on the 24th. Remained at anchor during a moder- 

 ate westerly gale on July 25th. 



July 26th: Soundings were made off Hebron and several bays and inlets to the 

 south of Hebron were examined. A southerly wind and threatening weather persisted all 

 day. 



July 27th: The day began clear with a strong westerly wind which moderated at 

 noon. After lunch the Blue Dolphin got underway making soundings toward Cape Mugford, 

 and anchored for the night in Forbes 1 "Geology Cove" just inside Mugford Tickle. 



July 28th: Sounding operations were carried out off Cape Mugford and the Nan- 

 uktuk during the morning, and in the inner waters during the afternoon due to strong 

 southeast wind and fog offshore. In reference to charts, a record was made today when 

 the 1000 foot contour was crossed in investigating an uncharted bay! Anchorage for 

 the night was taken in Moore's Harbor. 



July 29th: Fog all day. Anchorage was shifted into Nutak during the afternoon. 



July 30th: Continued sounding operations outside Cape Mugford en route to Hebron. 



July 31st: This day was spent in Hebron Fjord reoccupying the oceanographic stat- 

 ions established in 1949 and making plankton collections and trawls. 



August 1st: A fresh northerly wind delayed operations until afternoon. Soundings 

 were made in the approaches to Napartok Bay, and the anchor was dropped for the night 

 at "Pukke". 



August 2nd and 3rd: These days were spent examining the runs, inlets, and bays 

 from Napartok to Nutak. Anchored at Amity Harbor and Nutak. 



August 4th: Sounded between Nutak and Port Manvers , southbound on an outside 

 track and northbound on an inside run. 



August 5th: Due to a heavy swell and continuing northeast wind offshore which 

 did not permit accurate work, the sheltered waters of Okak Bay were examined. 



August 6th and 7th: Anchored at Nutak in perfectly foul weather, thick fog, 

 rain, and northeast wind. However, the time was spent profitably making several trawls 

 and biological collections, watering ship, and making record transcriptions, thermometer 

 corrections, and density computations. 



August 8th and 9th: The easterly weather continued but conditions were improved 

 so that a partial day's work was carried out in Okak Bay and in the vicinity of Nutak 

 and Cutthroat. 



August 9th to 11th: Easterly weather persisted, but sounding operations were 

 carried out while working south from Nutak to Nain. 



August 12th: The Nain Bay oceanographic stations established in 1951 were 

 reoccupled. 



August 13th: A beautiful clear day, and a ship's holiday was declared. A boat 

 party went to investigate a Salt Water Pond in Anaktalik Bay where it was reported 

 codfish are caught during the winter time. (No codfish were caught at this season, 



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