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explorations and researches done through Woods Hole and the Alvin Submersible.

Though she did not go down in the ROV, she was the person who got to gather

together all the disparate pictures of the specimens (corals, fish, cephalopods, ocean

bottom) and present them in a whole panorama of what the sea bottom really looks

like. Her work is excellent and we can certainly see why she is in demand as a science

illustrator.

Some folks were seeing flying fish when we adjourned from her presentation & Kay

ran to the cabin for her camera. She succeeded in getting an absolutely wonderful

picture of a flying fish fully launched into the air. The picture showed its lovely blue

coloration and the delicacy and beauty of its fins. Several folks came to see the

picture and, once again, they were impressed with Kay’s photographic skills.

There were antics at the Recap tonight - several of the passengers and naturalists

presented a little skit and sing along based on “Glow Little Glow Worm” inspired of

course by Clyde’s talk on bioluminescence. We all got a good laugh from their

foolishness and were impressed that anyone knew all the words to that silly ditty.

Now we are going to try the film “Fitzcarraldo.” Such a strange but nonetheless

mesmerizing movie! Finally, remember its companion piece “Burden of Dreams.”

DAY 3 (W 30 54 S 10 36) temp 70F & sea temp 60F, Beaufort 4

It’s really quite lovely this morning - warm, sunny and breezy with an irenic sea

beneath our ship. Exercise this time was interrupted by two sightings: sperm whales

spouting on the starboard side, with their spouts producing the 45-degree angle

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