Scientific Research on SS Explorer
Photographs documenting the scientific work carried out on board SS Explorer during its years as a Fisheries Research Vessel. These images show scientists conducting surveys, collecting samples, and using specialised equipment while studying marine life at sea.
Bob Kabata greatest parasitologist ever in fish house on Explorer
CAPTAIN WITH PAPERS
Chemist Philip Balls, doing clean chemistry in a laminar flow cabinet in fish house
ELLIOT COMPUTER
FISH ROOM
HYDRO ROOM
Scientists in fish house taking oitliths (ear bones from fish for age determination)
Underwater TV setup in dry lab with reel to reel tape recorder
Explorer recovering an oceanographic buoy
Gear technologists opening an underwater