Visayan Sea Expedition of the R/V Alpha Helix, August 21-October 2, 1975 in the Philippine Islands, 1975 [motion picture].

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Visayan Sea Expedition of the R/V Alpha Helix, August 21-October 2, 1975 in the Philippine Islands, 1975 [motion picture].

This color film documents R/V Alpha Helix Visayan Sea Expedition undertaken by chief scientist William A. Dunson. R/V Alpha Helix was a floating biological laboratory operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1966-1980. The Visayan Sea Expedition included muntidisciplinary coral reef research and studies of sea snakes under the direction of Dunson. The film notes that the research was supported by National Science Foundation grants to the Pennsylvania State University and to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

1 reel (500 ft.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm. print.

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Visayan Sea Expedition.

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