lyge VERSITY OF WASHINGTON LY LOG APPLIED FISHERIES LABORATORY oT Personnel... omhamLiownan Nov.7,19530. woe eee a. Weather Seymour eeWater conditions —. _... b. ‘a ee ‘allreadi ngs Radiation level(s)...ten e Operations: r SEATTLE, WASHINGTON ELMER -_RONGELAPi: ~ - LABAREDI [. pare Locality-—.-... CS Held ( Processed samples: with Beckman MX5 in m. reps.perhr.; serial No. 65005 HOW Fish 11-2-55 Bonham and Lowman at Bimer— 0830 Held and Seymour with Dugear:and Spavinleft Elmer in L-20 for Fred; O915Tookoffin PBM(612) fromFredforRongelapwithLt.Mallinger as pilot. Flying timeto Rongelap2hours 7 mins;_ winds at 33 knots from ENE mostof3way;landedoff Rongelap Island, put ashore in life raft; ashore at 12:05;surveyedwith BeckmanMX5,(1) the village area; (2) the path to adistanceof 800 _yards south ofvillage, to ocean side of Island. (3) path leading from lagoon ReturnedtoPEM ~~ 1400; ashoreLabaredj(liferaft) at 1445. took offfor Labaredj; Surveyed(1) landing area, (2) beach to mid islandonlagoon side,(3)thencross Island to ocean side, (4), northern most tip ofIsland, (5) coconut grovenear north end, (S) Rhinehart fi ‘inallytheyellow stakeonIsland,unnamed, just south of Labaredj. ReturnedtoPBM~/1600. Landed atFred at 1810. L-20 met plane and Zanded us at Elmer at 1820. : Meter readings follow 3 ft. above ground _-ARBA 8 closed RONGELAPISLANDlandinginfrontofvillage _._ - “ " intertidal area a landinginfrontofvillage sssabovehigh tide line " 04 .O4 1” above groun closed .04 open «04 = 9 _, 106Y...10 iw 08—id 60paces from lagoon tocistern 08/ Te " - school house - hospital area open .. 0.3 | 208 0.4 orf0.3410 5 " " " " papaya cluster (soil. \, ee — Bample All % 12) 98) 0.5 O.4 1.2 well ‘behind schoolhouse — 5.0026 uylerassy arza {soil sample AQ % 104 4 cont. following pare ~o.8 9.10 ----6.6