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ii: report is a summ-ufy of o 'irv ; '.u n and col i^rtions 
Ia r per notine 1 in tiio enr.trn oil ir ’ (•'•an J’r m January if 
tsroc h January 2t, J 9^7. ( )ee mai ;1.) i’n ••ticipa i.ing omit* s< 
: ■ i'.un cl included <r inn Harrington (PioMo/ i st-in-Charye), Robert 
Hrljoni , nn i David durckhaltor. in Tior cooperation was receiv'd 
from the officers and crow of the t .3.1'.. . i H Mii\ d'.K (T-AO 177 > , 
t -pocinlty from Captain Kibson, 1 r. rfobbr , and i r. *ynl t. The 
rru I so track ia considered to hay' i ern ;o rtn nty r o1lowed as 
con ii t ions permitted, aril all po: 1 ors arc rot s ’ d' •'■> ! accurst* 
five rrilo.s. Hourly LORAN fixer, * suMra r *'> flint an accuraio r 
trick ’nr followed. As no equiori* or d tj: i •' f)nthermo£tra{ 
a vai i n dr, 11i i s pnar e of the sum • vs ;r i b 1 r . 
his report is oi'ided into f. • v • n : tee f’ir:t leal: 
lie* astern '.rid, and the nocord : r nri • *e non-frid obaerv 
Eastern hi urvi:’ 
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die astern ori 1 jiirvey war r t \r.c\> ■''•on 01 K' January 1 [ 
07l.iR January 27; 72,9 hours r 'f l'r *a | • ■ • i l ion.; ■ re con luc * 
690 linear •r l , r '. Diurnal onser 1 ; arts ;if simmari'/el in Tahir 
;n a tdj ti( n 3h/’ hours oT nocturnal obsnr’ < ftoris were conducted. 
Hoctu? nal o nervations are of li t 1,1* si r n‘ 1 i *.ance ai d snoul i be 
.li cit !y nr weatner and moonlight r 1 Mi M 1 s seemed i a cause pr* 
variations in birr] activity around Mr 1 s r. these poser '’tier 
briefly nn larized in Fable 3, ar a "sea r i al. r r ‘t * f nre is also 
in tb n rpnri.es accounts. 
• d’uther durin, Id 1 i s cruise m: wsria: In this uyfout th» an 
m re.Ln ively stationary hiph pressure ryn.ejn in the southern oa 
the i;ri i f r atly influenced weather lurinf the las 4 f >ur lay., 
a passing low center duriny the fi r t th.ee days a 1; o Iroucr t w r 
cnan ns. hat influence these pr*o ;ure craters lia r n nn pniapic 
is not kntuTi at present; thusly r*i < ¥ kr ( r distribution of’ »n rd 
the seeci*s> accounts were made wi U ut consi leration of weather « 
In reference to flockiny, roc s of fi e or more d rds ser¬ 
ene rM 01 tins (fitiny tne PC)KIP def’’ ition of a flock) v/ere note . 
flockinr in the sense of birds travr 11 in/ ud/or f^^dini toyet 1 - f, r 
lot s* em 1 ri occur alone the rrid at tui s time of lie year, ’'die oi 
simut; 1 ion t.o fiockirn; iccurred o?i he 21: • of Janvinrv when a 
ruimaor of fuimarn wore observed ffrdinr iri a small area. *. ttier 
si .tines of I i n or moi‘e uirds to, ether von almost entirely c 
fires, pnrl iculirly pulJs, storm petrels, and albatross, or of i’ 
fdrrls following tne ship. Vhe La 1 t r r nri. , of' course, are not t 
association with eacri otdi^r, but 1 s tin m ip. Vh is at trig s* 
f locking activity appears insiipii l i cant,, arc hence is not inclu 
in the tat lps. 
or r-urpogeg of discussion, ♦ • prid *o, be°n livided int.o 
sections. As vrill t>~i seen in Vabh ', • 'Meant di fferences n 
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