Sample ID --- 41-52BS Activity ID --- D-1-85-AR Platform --- Discoverer Sampling equipment --- Boxcore Time --- 19852691757000 Description of location --- Chukchi Sea Latitude --- 71.43667 Longitude --- -161.36000 Water depth --- 49 m Penetration depth --- 0.56 m Additional comments --- First of three box cores taken at this station. Description of the surface --- Surface thickness --- 5 cm Sediment texture --- Fine sandy ooze. Sedimentary surface features --- Bioturbated. Most abundant living fauna --- Upside-down amphipods, reg. amphipods, brittle star, tube worms, Mycoma sp. Bivalve shells were orientated concave --- None found. Red granite --- No. Description of depositional interval from 5 cm to 15 cm --- Color of unit --- Light olive grey. Sediment texture --- Semi-consolidated silty mud. Sedimentary structures --- None - biologically active. Bedding features --- None. Percent of bioturbation --- 100% Paleontologic observation --- Live: Macoma, 2 Pectinaria, tube worms, Golfinga dead: Macoma, Yolinda shell fragments. Description of depositional interval from 21 cm to 42 cm --- Color of unit --- olive grey. Sediment texture --- Consolidated mud. Sedimentary structures --- None. Bedding features --- None. Percent of bioturbation --- 100% Paleontologic observation --- Diverse assortment of burrowing styles. Description of depositional interval from 43 cm to 56 cm --- Color of unit --- Olive black. Sediment texture --- Silty mud with dropstones and shell fragments. More compact than unit above. Sedimentary structures --- Massive. Bedding features --- None. Percent of bioturbation --- 100% Paleontologic observation --- Macoma in growth position, barnacles, clinocarid, Yolinda, Astarte, many shell fragments. Additional comments --- Core recorded by G. Redden.