FOREWORD 



DEEP FREEZE 62 was the eighth consecutive United States 

 expedition in support of Antarctic research. Personnel of the 

 U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, supported by the National 

 Science Foundation, conducted marine geophysical research 

 from several icebreakers of TASK FORCE 43. Oceanographic 

 data were obtained in the western and southern Ross Sea and off 

 Hobbs Coast. Geomagnetic and Bathymetric measurements were 

 obtained along USS BURTON ISLAND track. A detailed geo- 

 magnetic and Bathymetric survey was made of Commonwealth 

 Bay, Antarctica. The analysis and tabulation of data collected 

 are presented in this report. 



9 DENJ^rw. KNOLL 



Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy 



Commander 



U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office 



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