American Yacht “Director”
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On Scientific Cruise
Arrives in Fiji
From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, June 20. i'VN a scientific voyage through the South Seas, the 10 tons yacht Director reach ed Suva on June 14 from America, via Tahiti, Pago Pago, and ports. Under the leadership of Mr. Bruce Fahnestock, a party is collecting specimens for the American Museum of Natural History.
The expedition comprises Mr. B. Fahne stock, entomologist; Mr. Sheridan Fahne stock, master of the Director who speci alises in collecting fish specimens; Mr.
Dennis Puleston, an English ornithologist; Mr. Edward Dair, New York artist; and Mr. Lewis Hirshon, ethnologist. Mrs. M.
Fahnestock, mother of the leader of the party, acted as secretary to the expedition.
She will leave the Director at Suva and return to America by the next liner.
Leaving New York early in 1935, the Di rector sailed for the Galapagos Islands, via Panama. The party spent some time in the group carrying out hydrographic and geographic work. From there they jour neyed south-west to Papeete, staying al most nine months in French Oceania.
Before arriving at Suva, calls were made at Penrhyn Island, American Samoa, and Wallis Island.
After remaining in Fiji for three or four weeks, the Director will go on to the New Hebrides and the Solomon Islands. The expedition expects to carry out extensive entomological study in the Northern Solomons.
The party will then return to America, via the Cape of Good Hope, arriving in New York at the end of next year.