Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953)
Capricorn Expedition photographs, 1952-1953.
The accession consists of 227 original b/w negatives and prints of each negative. The accession includes images of research vessels Spencer F. Baird and Horizon. There are photographs of Eniwetok, Samoa, Tahiti, Palmerston Island, Keppel Island (Queensland), Kao Island (Tonga), Alexa Bank (Samoa), Necker Island and Falcon Island. There are photographs of oceanographic equipment aboard ship, including core barrel, temperature probe, ball breaker and A-frame. The collection includes numerous photos of scuba divers, including many underwater images. The photographs were all taken by professional photographers employed by the Scripps Institution, including John MacFall.
The Capricorn Expedition was conducted as part of the joint Navy / Atomic Energy Commission Operation Ivy, the first thermonuclear test. The test was conducted in the Mid-Pacific. Two Scripps ships, Horizon and Spencer F. Baird were included in Capricorn Expedition. The expedition was the first Scripps expedition to include scientific scuba divers.
Horizon (Ship)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Spencer F. Baird (Ship)
United States. Navy
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953)
Operation Ivy, Marshall Islands, 1952
Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands)
Keppel Bay (Qld.)
Necker Island (Hawaii)
Palmerston (Cook Islands)
Samoa
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)
Tonga
Negatives (photographic) aat
Photographs. aat
MacFall, John B.
AIP-ICOS
University of California, San Diego. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Mandeville Special Collections Library. 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA