Wirtz 
1963 
W. 9 ?eb. 
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to the rolling and pitching of the ship* one has a general feeling of 
dizziness and ill-being which quickly robs the individual of any desire 
for constructive work. It becomes an effort to mo* e about on the ship 
as one is continually being thrown against one thing or another in one*s 
movements* and it is necessary to hang on to something at all times. Just 
sitting looking out at the sea for birds accentuates the movements of the 
ship and only makes one feel worse. It is very difficult to escape the 
diesel fumes and these contribute considerably to my seasickness. 
The weather today has been mostly clear, but with rough seas and 15-20 
knot winds. We had a few rain squalls late this afternoon. 
This morning we passed to the southwest side of Nihoa. Slbatross were 
again the most frequently seen bird, and we are now seeing more Laysans. 
We kept our periodic albatross count for 9 hours today. We saw a lew jaegers 
this morning and then no more. The bird records today have been good, with 
many records for several species. We have seen both the terns again, brown 
and red—footed boobies, and have added the fairy and the Hawaiian to our tern 
list. We have a possible record of a shearwater and this evening numerous 
small dark colored petrels were observed. By their flight they v;ere certainly 
Hydrobatidae and as they appeared to be all dark they may have been 0# Harkhami . 
Three whales were seen today while I was down belc.. j 2 came up quite close to 
the bow# 
9 February 1963 
Only two of us arose this morning, and it is quite a struggle for me to 
do much of anything as I have not been able to keep any fooa in my stomach. 
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