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Oil Core from sigsbee Knolls-Scientific staff of Leg I of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, are holding the oil-bearing core from the Challenger Knoll. Left to right: Dr. W.A. Berggren, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Dr. Emile A. Pessagno, Jr., Oil Corporation, Ponca City, Oka.; Dr. David Bukry, U.S. Geological Survey, La Jolla, California; Dr. J. Lamar Worzel, Associate Director, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University; Technician Steve Ivey, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, Calif.; Dr. Maruice Ewing, Director, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Colubia University and Dr. Creighton Burk, Mobile Oil Corp., New York city. First leg scientists, Dr. Alfred G. Fischer, of Princton University was not present when the photograph was taken. Dr. Ewing and Dr. Worzel were Cruise Co-Chief Scientists on Leg I - Orange, Texas to New York City.

Oil Core from sigsbee Knolls-Scientific staff of Leg I of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, are holding the oil-bearing core ...