UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

Oldest Pacific Seiment - Working in the scientific laboratory of the drilling research vessel, Glomar Challenger, Cruise Co-Chief Scientists Dr. Alfred G. Fischer, left, and Dr. bruce Heezen, right, study a split core of Early Mesozoic Pacific Ocean floor sediment in excess of 140 million years old. Cruise Operations Manager Dan R. bullard, Jr., of Tenneco Oil Company, is in the center. The trio directed scientific and engineering activities on Leg Six of the DSDP from Honolulu to Guam

North Pacific Ocean : West Caroline Islands : Palau Islands : west passage

The U.S.S. Dixie celebrates an atomic July 4th at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, Operation Crossroads

North Pacific Ocean : West Caroline Islands : Palau Islands (central part)

North Pacific Ocean : Marshall Islands : Arno (Aruno) Atoll

A roadway on Eninman Island (part of the Marshall Islands) photographed by Alan C. Jones during a break from the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953). 1952

Dill #10 [Bikini Island encampment]

Shark Cage onboard Horizon in Guam

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First shore party to visit Bikini Island

South Pacific Ocean : Solomon Islands : Isabel Island (Santa Isabel) western part

Fiji, Grand Pacific cocktail party, Slawson, Edward L. Winterer and Kinsfather. The Horizon and Argo were together for the first time during the expedition, so we had a party at the Grand Pacific hotel