Boothbay Harbor. In 1951, because of particularly dirty weather and a call at St. 

 Anthony, Newfoundland, fourteen days were required to reach this same locality. 



2 . Hamilto n Inlet-Lake Melville fs tuary, June 29 to July 12 : 



June 29th: Oceanographic operations were commenced with an outer Hamilton 

 Inlet section from Cape Porcupine to the White Bear Islands and five oceanographic 

 stations and eleven STD stations were established. Off Tumble Down Dick Island, 

 pack ice was encountered which was loose enough however to permit navigation and 

 station occupation. On completion of the section, the Blue Dolphin worked to the 

 westward out of the pack ice which extended in to the vicinity of George Island. 

 Anchorage for the night was taken in "Rattler's Bight" where two beam trawls were 

 made. 



June 30th; Worked into Hamilton Inlet, establishing a George Island section 

 and a Bluff Head section. Anchorage for the night was taken at Black Island where 

 again two beam trawls were made . 



July 1st: A Black Island section was completed during the morning, but in the 

 afternoon a strong southwest wind came up causing rapid drifting which made oceano- 

 graphic operation impractical. Shelter was sought under the land in Turner's Bight. 

 The lay up afforded a much needed opportunity to water ship. During the evening the 

 wind dropped, and the Pompey Island section established last year was reoccupied. 



July 2nd: The Ticoralak and Bromfield sections were occupied during the early 

 morning at slack water. Anchorage was taken in Collingham's Cove at 1000 to await 

 the change of tide before proceeding through the Narrows. Previous experience in 

 this area has shown that it is impractical to run against the four to seven knot 

 tidal current with the seven knot Blue Dolphin . Under-way again at 1400 with a fair 

 tide. A tide staff party was dropped at Pike Run Cove while the vessel proceeded 

 into Lake Melville to occupy an oceanographic station off Henrietta Island. At 1900 

 a sharp cold front went past and shelter from a heavy squall was sought in Pike Run 

 Cove. 



July 3rd and 4th: These days were spent carrying out an examination of the 

 Backway, an uncharted arm of Lake Melville extending some twenty miles eastward of 

 Pike Run. Controlled sounding lines were first run In and out to determine the 

 general bathymetry after which three oceanographic station sites were selected and 

 occupied. After completing the work on July 4th, a station was made off Eskimo 

 Island in the very deepest part of Lake Melville where a two hundred and fifty meter 

 bottle was hung. While proceeding to St. John Island Harbor, the Gull Island Section 

 was reoccupied, a beam trawl made on the bank of Neveisik Island, and a new Reed Point 

 section established. 



July 5th and 6th: During these two days the complete Lake Melville grid of 

 stations was occupied. A more comprehensive grid was established in Goose Bay, and 

 the Terrington Basin station was occupied. The Blue Dolphin then docked at 1725 

 July 6th alongside the wharf at Goose Bay. 



July 7th and 8th were spent at Goose Bay. Stores and fuel for the northern trip 

 were taken aboard. An ice reconnaissance flight through the courtesy of the Air 

 Rescue Service, USAP, was made to determine ice conditions northward along the coast. 

 The only pack ice observed was in the vicinity of Cape Harrison and was easily navig- 

 able. Aboard the vessel, salinity titrations of the Lake Melville samples were made, 

 and the NK-7 portable fathometer was installed and tested in the launch. 



