To tropic seas aboard Velero III, 1940 [?] ...

• Main Author: Unknown
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: University of Southern California Digital Library (USC.DL) 2021
• Subjects: Unknown; Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25549/hancock-c82-25936; https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF1O6GYURN

Reel 740 (containers 740) (with audio) (00:46:51) – To tropic seas aboard Velero III, 1940 [?]. Includes the launch of Velero III, Seri Indians, island exploration, dredge operation, the inhabitants of Floreana Island in the Galápagos (Ritter, Strauch, the Baroness, Lorenz, Philippson, Wittmers), dead men on Marchena Island in the Galápagos (Nuggerud, Lorenz), diving, manta ray harpooning in Cartago Bay off Isabela Island in the Galápagos (Hallikainen). Photography by W. Charles Swett. Narrated by John Garth. ? Fauna: monkeys (including spider monkey), goats, elephant seals (capture), sea lions (birth), donkey, killer whales, horned toad, rattlesnake, coral, crabs (including decorator crabs, hermit crabs, hypochonca, spider crab), sea urchins, starfish (including brittle star, basket star), fish (including gobi, puffer fish, sergeant majors), manta ray (harpooning), plankton, shrimps (including pistol shrimp), lobsters, worms, octopus, mollusks (including rock oyster, burrowing paddock), comb jelly, ...