Binder 7: Photographs and Images
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Creation Date
8-26-1985
Abstract
Photograph of (from left to right): Rick Rounds, Lowell Weicker, U.S. Senator from Connecticut, and Elliot Finkle, Head of the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Undersea Research Program (NURP). Senator Lowell was an advocate in the U.S. Congress for the funding of NOAA. The three men are pictured walking in front of the Aegir, a habitat structure and laboratory designed to be located on the seafloor which allowed scientists to live and work underwater for extended periods of time.
Keywords
Marine biology--Research, Marine biologists, Legislators--United States, United States Virgin Islands, Environmental laboratories, Scuba diving, Saturation diving
Extent
2x2 inches cardboard projector slide with Kodachrome 35mm color photographic film
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Media Type
Color slides
Identifier
O19-00194
Recommended Citation
Ogden, John C., "Rick Rounds, Senator Weicker, and Elliot Finkle standing in front of the "Aegir" underwater habitat" (1985). Binder 7: Photographs and Images. Image 106.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ogden7_images/106
Keywords
Marine biology--Research, Marine biologists, Legislators--United States, United States Virgin Islands, Environmental laboratories, Scuba diving, Saturation diving