Ground-Level Bow View - This is a ground-level, head-on bow shot of D/V Glomar Challenger while in drydock before beginning Leg 26 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Shown on the bow is the new lookout station to protect seamen from the environments while engaged in the proposed Antarctic voyages. In addition, the newly installed support for a forward radar can be seen on the forecastle mast. The radar was installed to improve navigation during eh Antarctic work proposed for the next three austral summers. The Deep Sea Drilling Project is managed by Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California, San Diego under contract to the National Science Foundation

• 1972

• Deep Sea Drilling Project

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

• Deep Sea Drilling Project
• Deep Sea Drilling Project
• Glomar Challenger (Ship)

• Deep-sea drilling ships
• Harbors--South Africa--Durban
• Oceanographic research ships

• image

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