ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE SCIENTIFIC WORK OF ...

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ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS
VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1
GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE SCIENTIFIC
WORK OF THE VELERO III IN THE
EASTERN PACIFIC, 1931-41
PART I
Historical Introduction, Velero III, Personnel
BY
C. McLEAN FRASER
PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY EMERITUS
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
MEMBER OF ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS OF 1934 AND 1941
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PRESS
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1943
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FRONTISPIECE
Dr. Allan Hancock, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Director
of the Hancock Foundation for Scientific Research of The University
of Southern California. (Photograph by Lansdowne, Los Angeles.)

GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE SCIENTIFIC
WORK OF THE VELERO III IN THE
EASTERN PACIFIC, 1931-41
PART I
Historical Introduction, Velero III, Personnel
By C. McLEAN FRASER
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS
ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1
ISSUED JULY, 1943
PRICE $1.00
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PRESS
Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
CONTENTS
FRONTISPIECE—Dr. Allan Hancock
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION 1
BRIEF ACCOUNT OF PREVIOUS EXPEDITIONS . . .. 1
PREPARATION FOR THE
ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS . . . .9
THE VELERO III 24
PERSONNEL
CREW 43
SCIENTISTS 43
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 47
EXPLANATION OF PLATES 10, 19, 26, 35