How They Fared
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At The Eclipse
The Amercians, who had spent a very considerable sum in organising and transporting their big IGY solar eclipse expedition to Pukapuka, Northern Cooks, were unlucky.
A thunderstorm swept the atoll during most of the vital minutes, to the bitter dis appointment of the assembled scientific observers. They saw the moon for the first eighth of the eclipse, and the last fraction.
However, the other teams— combined UK-NZ small group at Atafu, Tokelaus, and the big Japanese expedition at Suwarrow, experienced good conditions.
There was perfect weather at the latter atoll during the critical two minutes, and the wide range of information recorded by camera, radio, and magnetometer will take two years to fully process.