U.S.S.R. Navy vessel the Sakhalin (ship) monitored all drilling and coring operations of the D/V Glomar Challenger (ship) at Site 433 in the Pacific Ocean during Leg 55 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Radar and sophisticated tracking electronic gear can be seen aboard the Soviet vessel as it cruised on the port side of the D/V Glomar Challenger (ship). In the foreground many thousands of feet of drilling pipe can be seen in the automatic pipe racker. 1977.

• 1977

This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the SIO Deep Sea Drilling Project Records, 1961-1987

• Deep Sea Drilling Project
• Sakhalin (ship)

• Core Drilling
• Drilling and boring
• Scientific Expeditions
• Ships

• image

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