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Two Russian scientists, Valeriy A. Krasheninnikov, second from left, a paleontologist from the Academy of Science in Moscow, and Alezander P. Lisitzen, second from right, a geologist from the Institute of Oceanology, also in Moscow, were members of the Deep Sea Drilling Project Sixth Leg scientific team. They were welcomed aboard in Honolulu by Bruce C. Heezen, left of Columbia University, and Alfred G. Fischer, right of Princeton University. Heezen and Fischer were Co-Chief Scientists for the Honolulu to Guam leg which ended on August 5. Part of the 194-foot-tall derrick and other associated drilling and equipment is visible on the drilling floor of the Challenger. 1969

Two Russian scientists, Valeriy A. Krasheninnikov, second from left, a paleontologist from the Academy of Science in Mosco...