XI-2 
first "brought up a small starfish; a half dozen crinoids, the greatest 
number of these echinoderms taken in any one place, before this we had 
but one or two in very few of our previous hals; there were also a few 
worm tubes; several small ascidians; and algal fragments; all were 
washed clean of bottom material, no mud, no sand, no gravel, no rocks. 
In the second haul we got a lot of stiff mud from which sponges; many tub e 
worms; ophiurans„ascidians; and algae were obtained. 
Our stay was too brief for a trial with the fish trap. These should 
have not less than an all-night soak; besides, 48 or 36 hours are always 
better than 24. 
One is intrigued with the number of crinoids. More drags could be 
profitably made, but from a trawler, rather than working out of a shore 
base with a small boat. 
I do not favor Yankee Harbor as a laboratory site for reasons stated 
above -- penguins, wind, weather and ice. 
