Excerpt from Physical Oceanographic, Biological, and Chemical Data South Atlantic Coast of the United States: Theodore N. Gill Cruise 4The vessel departed from Brunswick, Georgia, on October 1, 1953, on the southern leg of the cruise. Very rough seas pre vented occupation Of the series of special stations 5 through 8 and the standard sta tion.On October 5 special equipment was installed on the Gill in Nassau, and on October 7 and 8 special research in the Tongue of the Ocean south of New Providence Island was carried out by seien tists from the Columbia University Physics Department. Sonic soundings were made to and from Nassau and between stations. Hurricane warnings caused a reduction in the number of stations planned for the spe ciel work.Good weather prevailed after regular station work was begun and all but one of the 3k southern leg stations were occupied. The Gill returned to Brunswick on October 17, terminating the southern leg of the cruise.Departure from Brunswick to begin the northern leg of the cruise was made on October 21. This leg was characterized by high winds and heavy seas, and the vessel was forced into Charleston, S. C., and Morehead City, N. C., a total of 3 times. Loss of the ship's rudder off Cape Fear.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.