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able sea-food treat. The host of marine animals of all kinds that 

 came to hand is almost indescribable. It was not long before we were 

 pressed for suitable containers and preservatives, so many were the 

 kinds of fish and shells and other invertebrates that were of interest 

 to the Museum. The king crabs were difficult to preserve because 

 of their large size and spidery habitus. 



On the whole we had remarkably good weather the greater part 

 of our 3 months in the field, with very little freezing weather. One 

 night in Olga Bay it went down to 29 ° F. ; in Kukak Bay, toward the 

 middle of November, the thermometer registered 26 F. at 7 in the 

 morning. We had a windy session both times that we passed the 

 Barren Islands, on our way into Alitak on the Dorothy on October 30, 

 and again on one of our crossings of Shelikof Strait; but the blow 

 I shall remember longest was a fierce sou'easter we rode out at 

 anchor aboard the Dorothy in Lenard Harbor on October 11. 



That afternoon the increasing force of the wind warned us that 

 we had better give up our fishing trials in Cold Bay and make for 

 the nearest shelter, Lenard Harbor. The gale must have reached its 

 peak about 5 p.m., for the Dorotliy started dragging her anchors. 

 Both were out with all the chain and cable we had for them. Had 

 not the wind fallen off more rapidly in the next 30 minutes than it 

 made up during the several hours preceding, we might not have 

 been here to tell the tale. 



Homeward bound from Kukak Bay we lost little time. Two days 

 after the Dorothy, the Tondclcyo tied up at the Fish and Wildlife 

 Service dock in Seattle at 4 p.m., December 11, officially marking the 

 end of the 1940 field work of the Alaska king crab investigation. 



