■'yS&:'jr'££rj : J^rJx:r*r.: Kt?: :-~zrnssa^tsp^r "i- NSF BACKING PROJECTS Oceanographers Prepare to Sail A&M oceanographers are pre paring to probe the depths of the Drake Passage in the Southern Ocean. Dr. Dale Leipper, head of the Department of Oceanography and Meteorology, has announced two National Science Foundation-spon sored projects currently underway to gain physical and biological data in the 1,000-mile wide ocean passage that flows between the tip of South America and the Ant arctic. Argentine scientist Luis Capur- ro, who is a part-time staff mem ber of the A&M Research Founda tion, will take surface and deep current measurements in the Drake Passage under a $28,.‘100 continuation grant from the NSF. A study of the primary life-giv ing food elements—so essential in the Southern Ocean homewaters of the whales—will be conducted by Dr. Sayed Z. El Sayed, assist ant professor at A&M, aided by a $26,200 NSF grant. Dr. Sayed will join with Ca- purro, who Ls captain of the Ar gentine Navy vessel, “Capitan BOB FELLER SAYS HALL OF FAME HCIUR |The Hall of Fame “works against the modern ballplayer,” charges Bob Feller, “and particularly against the modern pitcher.” In this week’s Saturday Evening Ppst, he tells why Satchel Paige can’t be nominated. How Red Ruffing and Luke Appling have been shamefully neglected. And what his own chances are of making the grade. The Saturday EveninK Vy*Nu»RY a? issue now on sale . Canepa,” to conduct the dual-re search project. The ship is sched uled to leave its Cape Horn port at Ushuaia on Deception Island late in February. Capurro’s investigations are ex pected to shed more light on the deep water circulation between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as well as the flow of Antarctic water that is drained from that frigid region to the South American coastlines. There is no counterpart in the Northern Hemisphere of this “bot tleneck” where waters of three ocean currents flow and counter flow in such a restricted area. Surface currents will be measured by a geomagnetic electrokineto- graph, while Swallow floats, pre set to various depths, will radio deep current movements to the A&M researchers. El Sayed and his research as sistants will study phytoplankton —minute sea plants drifting in the sea—and zooplankton—minute animal life in the ocean. Both are vital components of the life food chain for all fish and whale life in that region. He Ls especially interested in the lower elements in the life food chain. Because the Antarctic birds, fish and whales depend on the phytoplankton for food, it is important to gain some knowledge concerning the seasonal, geo graphical and vertical distribution of the plankton, and the factors that regulate primary production, he said. El Sayed plans to xise both Car bon 14 and pigment analysis methods in his studies. Data ga thered in this study will be inte grated with other physical and chemical measurements that col lectively will tell more about the variations in geographical distri bution of phytoplankton of the Antarctic waters. “Because of the abundance of fish living here, due to this pyra mid of chemicals and plankton, the region is one of the greatest fish ing areas of the world,” he added. A native of Egypt, El Sayed’s research workers will collect his phyto and zoo plankton specimens while Capurro takes measurements . iiitf ^% ' Articles Published Three articles about academic requirements and instrumentation in oceanography have been pub lished by A&M oceanographers. Roy Caul, research oceanogra pher, is co-author of “Oceano graphic Requirements vs. Instru mentation Capabilities” in the January issue of the I.S.A. Jour nal published by the Instrument Society of America. He wrote the article with J. J. Schule Jr., U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office. Dr. Louis S. Kornicker, associate professor of oceanography, dis cusses “Inland Education of Oceanography” in the AIBS Bul letin published in December by the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Seeking Data Dr. Sayed El Sayed, researcher in the Department of Oceanography, will join with Capt. Luis Capurro of Argen tina, another A&M research staff member, in oceanograp hic research in the Drake Passage. He is pointing to the passage between the southern tip of South America and the Antarctic, where their ship will sail this year. “Oceanography — A Definition for Academic Use” is the title of an article by Dr. Dale Leipper, oceanography and meteorology de partment head, in the December quarterly issue of the Transac tions, American Geophysical Union. In it he discusses the contributions of the basic sciences and their in terrelationship with oceanography, an “object” science. 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El Sayed expects to complete some of this research aboard the Capitan Canepa, but most of his zooplankton specimens will he brought to the campus for lab oratory analysis. Capurro is the chief hydrog- rapher for the Argentine Navy, a graduate of Argentina’s Naval School, and holds an M.S. degree in oceanography from the Univer sity of California’s Scripps Insti tution. He was a research sci entist on campus from 19.59-1961. Degrees in zoology and oceanog raphy from the University of Alexandria, Egypt, were earned by El Sayed before he came to the United States in 1952 as a Ful- new career ■'inni s! hn n> * s i h: n! u :) a nn ■; • < it si n'ffnis! ; 11 < • t i t i ni s t ; s i s; iTfln l s i 1 n t ^ j i i H ' 'iV * ■1* * S ’ * q-S { ns t ■ ^ ;«vt t ? s < j ■ ; ■ ; ■ j * j : innTnnVtn 1 1 1 » ‘X '' ‘ f »>n Ui 1 ! 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