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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



made and the scientific equipment considerably- 

 augmented. 



Location: (a) University of Washington campus; 

 on shore of Lake Union; ready access to the sea 

 via Lake Washington ship canal. 



(b) On the sea shore at Friday Harbor, San 

 Juan Archipelago, about 80 miles north of Seattle. 



OrganizatioTi to which attached: University of Wash- 

 ington. 



Purposes: Major purpose, research. Listruction 

 is given in different phases of oceanography as 

 affecting the several departments of science. 



(Scope of activities: Physical oceanography, oceano- 

 graphical chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton, 

 marine plant physiology, embryology, and marine 

 invertebrates, marine bacteriology, bio-chemistry, 

 and meteorology. 



Regions studied, — coastal waters of Wash- 

 ington north of the Columbia River, Puget 

 Sound, Gulf of Alaska, together with the many 

 estuaries and passages of Alaska, the waters of the 

 North Pacific, and Bering Sea. 



The staff of the Oceanographic Laboratories is 

 composed of members from the departments of 

 physics, chemistry, bacteriology, botany, and 

 zoology. Candidates for graduate degrees qualify 

 as majors in one of the five fundamental sciences, 

 — thesis and research work being in some phase 

 of their science as affecting oceanography. 



Equipment: (a) One laboratory building, three floors, 

 134 X 61 feet. University of Washington. Build- 

 ing equipped with circulating sea water system 

 and provided with most up-to-date laboratory 

 furniture and equipment. 



(b) At Friday Harbor, one chemistry laboratory, 

 one floor, 66 x 30 feet; two zoology laboratories, 

 each one floor, 24 x 56 feet ; one physics laboratory, 

 one floor, 73 x 30 feet; one botany laboratory, one 

 floor, 67 X 24 feet; one bacteriology and bio- 

 chemistry laboratory, one floor, 56 x 24 feet; 

 one stock room, one floor, 56 x 24 feet; one ob- 

 servation platform for securing data throughout 

 the year; one dock with floats amply supplied 

 with live boxes. Buildings of hollow tile and 

 stucco construction equipped with running fresh 

 water and sea water and electricity. Four of the 

 buildings are equipped with gas. 



(c) Research boat Catalyst was put into 

 commission on June 11, 1932. The dimensions 

 are: Length, 75 feet and beam 18 feet, with a 

 draft of 9 feet and gross tonnage of 92 tons. The 

 hull is of heavy construction and designed to 



eliminate motor vibration. The keel is of Douglas 

 fir, the frame of oak and double planking of Alaska 

 yellow cedar. On the keel and for two feet at the 

 water level, the boat is sheathed with ironbark. 

 The boat is ch'iven by a Diesel engine of 120 

 horsepower and has a cruising radius of 3500 

 mUes. Beside the usual pilot house equipment, 

 the Catalyst is equipped with a sonic depth 

 finder and a photoelectric pilot. It is equipped 

 with 4500 meters of j^-inch stainless steel cable 

 for taking plankton and water .samples and 600 

 meters of §-inch galvanized cable used in bottom 

 dredging. Throughout the boat, there are sleep- 

 ing accommodations for sixteen persons. 



The laboratory which is on the main deck, is 

 19 feet long and 10 feet wide, and has working 

 space for seven people. Each of the seven sections 

 is equipped with 110 A.C., and D.C. and one 

 variable voltage outlet, one outlet for Flamo gas, 

 and one duriron drain. The laboratory is also 

 equipped with compressed air outlets and a fume 

 hood with forced ventilation. 

 Staff: Director, Dr. Thomas G. Thompson. 



Botany: Dr. George R. Rigg, plant physiology; 



Dr. Lyman D. Phifer, Phytoplankton. 

 Chemistry: Dr. Thomas G. Thompson; Dr. 



Rex J. Robinson. 

 Physis: Dr. C. L. Utterback. 

 Zoolocy: Dr. John E. Guberlet; Dr. Robert C. 



Migller. 

 Bacteriology: Dr. B. S. Henry. 

 Bio-chemistry: Dr. Earl R. Norris. 

 1 curator, 1 librarian, 1 secretary; 4 maintenance 



and operation; 6 teaching fellows; 2 stock- 

 keepers. 

 Research Associates: Dr. Dora P. Henry, zoology; 



Dr. Belle A. Stevens, zoology. 



Besides the regular members of the staff, various 

 members of the science faculties are interested 

 in certain phases of oceanographic research, and 

 the facilities of the laboratories are placed at 

 their disposal. 



Commander F. A. Zeu.sler and Commander 

 Edward H. Smith of the Coast Guard are affiliated 

 with the Laboratories as Lecturers in Ocean- 

 ography. 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: The Seattle 

 laboratories will accommodate approximately 

 75 students and investigators. The equipment 

 and facilities of the laboratories are available for 

 visiting investigators. 



The Friday Harbor laboratories will accommo- 



