THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 
School of Hygiene and Public Health 
615 NORTH WOLFE STREET 
BALTIMORE 5, MARYLAND, U. S. A. 
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOBIOIOGT . _ 
November 20, 1962 
Dr. Waldo Schmidt 
National Museum 
Smithsonian Institution 
Washington 9, D.C. 
Dear Waldo: 
I have misplaced the letter I sent to George Llano con- 
cerning the proposed Palmer Peninsula Biological Station. Will go 
on searching and then send a copy direct to you on the USS Bdisto . 
Enclosed is a photostat of the article by Wynne-Edwards . This type 
of boat needs so little in the way of crew and maintenance and is 
wonderful for easy manoeuvrability. I know USARP have given serious 
thought to all this and the possibility of larger boats* Helicopters 
thougn necessary, should not, in my opinion, be used as the main 
transport facility. They are expensive to maintain, impossible to 
use in bad weather, need a large crew for maintenance, are dangerous 
when flying over water; as they would have to do in large measure 
over the west coast of^Palmer Peninsula^ and are very disturbing to 
sea bird colonies. 
I wish I had known you were going a little sooner, for I 
would have loved to have shown you some of my pictures and films of 
that region. It is a glorious place and I am sure you will have a 
wonderful time, especially being associated with Captain MacDonald 
and Ralph Lenton. 
I am sending a copy of "Birds of the Ocean" to Mr, Meyer 
but I have no idea what sort of an ornithologist he is. With you, 
Ralph and Captain MacDonald on board I am sure there will be a 
wonderful coverage of any pink Albatrosses or banded birds. 
I will also send you a typescript of the paper 1 con- 
tributed to the Paris Symposium on the distribution of Pygoscelid 
Penguins. It contains a few definitions and suggestions for inter- 
national cooperation in recording penguin rookeries and numbers. 
Sincerely yours, 
enc . 
William J.L. Sladen 
