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Queensland Plateau Core - Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 21 cruise co-chief scientists Dr. James E. Andrews, right, of the Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, and Dr. Robert E. burns, center of the Joint Oceanographic Research Group, University of Washington (Seattle), join Cruise Operations Manager Theodore C. (Ted) Bangs, of the Union Oil Company, Sante Fe Springs, California, whi is on loan to DSDP, to inspect a sedimentary core ofdeep sea ooze taken at site 209 on the Queensland Plateau, which is located Northeast of Australia. Water depth at the site was 4,593 feet. A portion of the drilling derrick aboard D/V Glomar Challenger is in the background. Scientists and drillers recovered 4,556 feet of core material during leg 21 which was from Suva, Fiji to Darwin, Alaska. Photo by Orrin Russie

[Necker Island]

During the Swan Song Expedition (1961) a member of the crew took this photo of the ferryboat "California" taking members to the dock in Honolulu, Hawaii, from the R/V Argo. 1961

Left to right: Jerry Carter, a graduate student, and scientists Grant Blackinton and Donald Hussong all from the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics. They are preparing the fordescent instrument which is closing on the drill string on the deck of the D/V Glomar Challenger during OBSS Experiment on Leg 67 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 1979

[R/V Argo approaching Pago Pago]

A view of Pago Pago harbor, as photographed by a member of the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953) during a stopover in American Samoa. January 1953

The sailing yacht \"Whisper\" in Pago Pago Harbor, the crew on board is preparing her sails. Pago Pago, the capital town of American Samoa. It is actually a village that is often mistaken to be a city (as in a capital or port city) of this south Pacific territory of the United States of America. The village is located on Pago Pago Harbor, in the island of Tutuila. Circa 1967

The sailing yacht \"Whisper\" in Pago Pago Harbor, the crew on board is preparing her for sailing. Pago Pago, the capital town of American Samoa. It is actually a village that is often mistaken to be a city (as in a capital or port city) of this south Pacific territory of the United States of America. The village is located on Pago Pago Harbor, in the island of Tutuila. Circa 1967

View of the rear section of the research ship R/V Argo moored in Pago Pago Harbor. Pago Pago, the capital town of American Samoa. It is actually a village that is often mistaken to be a city (as in a capital or port city) of this south Pacific territory of the United States of America. The village is located on Pago Pago Harbor, in the island of Tutuila. Circa 1967

[R/V Argo approaching Pago Pago]

Aerial view of Pago Pago Harbor, this photo was taken while the research ship R/V Argo was in port. Pago Pago is the capital town of American Samoa. It is actually a village that is often mistaken to be a city (as in a capital or port city) of this south Pacific territory of the United States of America. The village is located on Pago Pago Harbor, in the island of Tutuila. Circa 1967

Pago Pago Tutiula Intercontinental Hotel [taken from R/V ARGO]