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Marge Bradner, wife to Scripps Institution of Oceanography Hugh Bradner, sailed and helped him with his scientific voyage. Later she would write about her experiences, titled "Seismic Summer: the story of eleven men and one woman sailing across the South Pacific to study the quivering sea floor." In this photo she identified a crewmember "John swam to the sphere and grabbed the attached line." Circa 1963.

Marge Bradner, wife to Scripps Institution of Oceanography Hugh Bradner, sailed and helped him with his scientific voyage....