the Evergreen, which was then towed to Boston for repair. Upon 

 completion of the repairs the Evergreen again departed Boston on 17 

 August and the work of collection of data began at the offshore corner 

 of the Bonavista triangle on the evening of 21 August. Work pro- 

 gressed in a counterclockwise direction around the triangle, and the 

 last station of the triangle was completed on the afternoon of 24 Au- 

 gust. From here the Evergreen proceeded to South Wolf Island, 

 Labrador, and there, on the evening of 25 August, began a section 

 across the Labrador Sea to Cape Farewell, Greenland. The final 

 station of this section, and the initial station of a triangle southeast- 

 ward of Cape Farewell, was completed on the late afternoon of 29 Au- 

 gust. Work progressed in a clockwise direction around the Greenland 

 triangle until the morning of 3 September, when increasing winds 

 halted oceanographic work prior to the final approach to Cape Fare- 

 well. The following morning, work was resumed after a delay of 

 23 hours and the final station of the Greenland triangle and of the 

 cruise was completed on the late evening of 4 September. The 

 Evergreen then proceeded toward Argentia, stopping briefly en route 

 to collect a carboy of surface water for subsequent use as a substandard 

 of salinity. Argentia was reached on the afternoon of 8 September 

 and, after loading freight and replenishing, the Evergreen departed 

 on the evening of 8 September for Woods Hole with arrival there on 

 the evening of 12 September. Oceanographic equipment and person- 

 nel were offloaded at the shore laboratory upon arrival to complete 

 the field work for 1954. During the postseason cruise 28 stations 

 were occupied in the Bonavista triangle, 24 stations made up the 

 section across the Labrador Sea, and an additional 27 stations formed 

 the Greenland triangle. Thus 79 stations were occupied during the 

 post-season cruise. 



The oceanographic work was under the supervision of Oceanog- 

 rapher Floyd M. Soule, who was assisted by LT John E. Murray. 

 Other assistants in the observational work were Francis N. Brown, 

 yeoman first class; Elwood C. Gray, aerographer's mate first class; 

 Lewis M. Lawday, aerographer's mate second class; Hugh R. 

 McCartney, Jr., aerographer's mate second class; Donald Zaclier, 

 aerographer's mate third class; and, during the fourth survey, Verne 

 W. Schuenke, boatswain's mate third class. 



Of the 440 stations occupied during season and post-season cruises, 

 the 51 stations comprising the section across the Labrador Sea and the 

 Greenland triangle were occupied from the surface to as near bottom 

 as was practicable, and at the remaining 389 stations the observa- 

 tions extended to a depth of about 1,500 meters where the depth of 

 water permitted. As in previous years the intended depths of observa- 

 tion, in meters, were 0, 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 600, 800, 

 1,000, and thence by 500-meter intervals. The dynamic heights have 

 been referred to the 1,000-decibar surface, except for the section 



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