TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Solomon Islands and New Hebrides Map ill 
Figure Legends vii 
Figures xl 
Washington, D.C. to Port Vila, New Hebrides 1 
September 8 to September 19 
Banks Islands, New Hebrides 25 
September 19 to October 11 
Torres Islands, New Hebrides 69 
October 12 to October 15 
British Solomon Islands Protectorate 81 
October 17 to November 14 
Eastern Caroline Islands 137 
November 14 to November 26 
Pre-Expedition Correspondence 157 
January 6, 1971 to August 31, 1972 
Expedition and Post-Expedition Correspondence 213 
September 18, 1972 to January 28, 1977 
Cablegrams 255 
May 9 to December 7 
Appendix I: Report on the Alpha Helix Medical and Population 301 
Genetic Survey Expedition 
Appendix II: Field Notes on Each Island Visited in the 319 
New Hebrides 
Appendix III: Publications Resulting from the R/V Alpha Helix 329 
Expedition, 1972 
Name Index 335 
Geographic and Linguistic Index 
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