PRELIMINARY 



This report covers the field operations of tne Blue Dolphin's 1952 summer ex- 

 pedition to the Labrador coastal waters, and gives the general organization of the 

 expedition, the narrative, and brief summaries of the investigations undertaken. 

 Reference is made to the 194-9, 1950, and 1951 field reports for a description of the 

 research vessel, Blue Dolphin , and the nature of the work conducted in the Labrador 

 area on previous expeditions . 



1. T he 1952 Plan of Operation : 



The 1952 program continued the previous years' work. The primary area of study 

 was again the Hamilton Inlet-Lake Melville estuary where a continuing series of ob- 

 servations, including summer and winter regime studies, are producing a detailed 

 understanding of this estuary, in its relation both to general estuary mechanics and 

 to the Labrador coastal waters. Early and late summer regime observations were plan- 

 ned for the area, and the first two weeks of July and the last two weeks of August 

 were allocated for this purpose. 



During the intervening peroid investigations were to be shifted to northern 

 Labrador where the Nain Bay and Hebron Fjord stations, established in 1951 and 194-9 

 respectively, were to be reoccupied. As an additional project in this area it was 

 planned to carry out more detailed reconnaisance survey operations between Port 

 Manvers and Saglek. 



As before, marine and fresh water biological collections, 

 fishes, were made at all points along the coast. 



with the emphasis on 



2. Personnel: 



The expedition personnel totaled nineteen. In addition, Harvey Montague served 

 as guide to river survey and biological parties operating in the North West River area 

 and made available his thirty foot motor boat. 



Name 



Home or - Institution 



Position 



David C. Nutt 



Reginald Wilcox 

 Lawrence K. Coachman 



Gerald N. Moore, Jr. 

 Benjamin P. Potter 

 Roderic Park 

 Edgar R. Miller, Jr. 

 John T. Tangerman 

 Stearns A. Morse 

 Lee W. Henderson 



William Z. Lidicker, Jr, 

 L. Coleman Dorsey 

 Alan Campbell 



Dartmouth College 



Hartford, Conn. 

 Dartmouth College 



Boothbay Harbor, Me. 

 Dartmouth College 

 Harvard University 

 Dartmouth Medical School 

 Dartmouth College 

 Dartmouth College 

 Harvard University 



Cornell University 

 Dartmouth College 

 Deerfield Academy 



Master, Commander, 



and oceanographer 



Mate 



2nd Mate and 



hydrographer 



Engineer 



Ship's cook 



Ass't oceanographer 



Oceanographic chemist 



Ass't oceanographer 



Ass't hydrographer 



Ass't oceanographic 



chemist 



Zoologist 



Student Ass ' t 



Student Ass't 



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