Locality: Bikini Atoll, Bikini Island. : Same 14. Personnel: Date: August 17, 1964. Weather: Fair, somewhat cooler, with a breeze. Water conditions: Radiation level(s): Monday. A little ripple. McClin--The maximum average radiation level for all Bikini Island was 0.14 mr/hr for B-y radiation at ground level. Fish were collected just over the sand spit on the seaward side of the reef. green coral. The area was marked by extensive growths of The usual large number of species were obtained. This is the most ideal collecting spot. with no surge. of fish. Water is 2-5 feet deep, Ideal swimming and picking up the great variety Sneddon photographed the fish collecting and such live fish as time permitted. Gessel: steel tower; Major morning work was to cut access trail to the then, following old road on north to the side of the island. seaward Luxuriant growth of Scaevola along the route, beyond road burn the forest was largely a regrowth of Cordia, Pisonia and Pandanus. The indications were that the old Cordia forest had burned and new growth was from stump sprouts. Sampled soil and vegetation at two sites: 1. Relatively undisturbed 2. Construction area. Well points not successful today but will try again tomorrow. Ants, wasps, and soil insects are plentiful, also spiders and mosquitoes.