in Papua
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Scientific Cruise
American Yacht “Director” in Papua
From Our Own Correspondent.
Pt. Moresby, Oct. 29.
THE American yacht Director arrived in Port Moresby harbour early in October, and will leave shortly after the arrival of the southern steamer early in November, to continue her cruise through Torres Straits to Java.
Mr. Sheridan Fahnestock, master of the Director, and his brother (Mr. Bruce Fahnestock) are both collecting specimens for the American Museum of Natural History, as is also Mr. Dennis Puleston. who is on board. Mr. Bruce Fahnestock is an entomologist, Mr. Puleston an ornithologist, and Mr. Sheridan Fahnestock specialises in fish specimens. Other mem bers of the party Mr. Edward Dair, a New York artist, and Mr. Lewis Hirshon, left the yacht in Eastern Polynesia, on the way to Papua.
The Director left New York early in 1935, and visited the Galapagos Islands, via Panama.
From there, the party proceeded to Pa peete, staying nine months before they left for Suva. They called at Penrhyn Island, American Samoa, and Wallis Island.
Prom Fiji, the Director set sail, after three or four weeks, for the New Hebrides and Solomons and from the Solomons she eventually came to Port Moresby.
Mr. Fahnestock hopes to return to America via the Cape of Good Hope at the end of 1937.