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Swansong Expedition, August 21-December 1, 1961

Swansong Expedition explored the North Pacific at the equator and Eastern Tropical Pacific on R/V ARGO. The expedition collected large water samples for analysis, studied the Cromwell Current (Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent), and undertook a limited biological program for the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. This was the last Scripps expedition headed by John Knauss.

Unidentified lab technicians of the Swan Song Expedition (1961) are shown here setting the electronic TDS meter on board the R/V Argo during the Swansong Expedition (1961). 1961.
During a break from the Swan Song Expedition (1961) a member of the crew took this photo of two other crew members enjoying a waterfront café in Acapulco, Mexico. 1961.
Jan B. Lawson of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Swan Song Expedition (1961) is shown here ready with a Nansen bottle to store the collection sample aboard the R/V Argo. This expedition explored the North Pacific at the equator and Eastern Tropical Pacific on the research ship Argo. The expedition collected large water samples for analysis, studied the Cromwell Current (Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent), and undertook a limited biological program for the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. 1961.
A few members of the R/V Argo crew, scientists, and other representatives from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Swan Song Expedition (1961), (left to right in front row only) unidentified, Robert S. Kiwala; C. Balarama Murty; Finn E. Bronner; unidentified; James M. Frey; and John Atkinson Knauss. December 1, 1961.

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