SAMPLE ID --- 71AJT38 ACTIVITY ID --- N-1-71-AR PLATFORM --- NATCHIK SAMPLING EQUIPMENT --- 20-L VANVEENGRAB TIME (+9) --- 19712530750000 LATITUDE --- 70.52667 LONGITUDE --- -149.43500 LOCATION CORRECT WITHIN CIRCLE OF RADIUS --- 0.3 MILES SONIC DEPTH --- 5 FT TOTAL VOLUME RECOVERED -- 12 L LITHOLOGY, ETC. -- SAMPLER PENETRATED 10 CM. APPROXIMATELY THE BOTTOM 4-5 CM WAS WELL-SORTED, CLAY-FREE FINE-GRAINED SAND (SAMPLE "BOTTOM"). UPPER APPROXIMATE 5-6 CM WAS SAME SIZE SAND BUT WITH CONSIDERABLE CLAY (SAMPLE "TOP"). BUT SOME SAND FREE CLAY WAS SEEN. SUSPECT EITHER BIOTURBATION OR MIXING FROM ICE-STIRRING AND GROOVING. NOTE: ON NUMEROUS STATIONS WE HAVE GOTTEN THIS SMALL-SCALE (INCHES) VARIATION IN LITHOLOGY. SUSPECT BIOTURBATION OR ICE-MIXING. IT CRIES FOR A BOX-CORING PROGRAM OR AT LEAST A GRAVITY-CORING SURVEY NEXT YEAR. COLOR (MUNSELL) -- SAMPLES TAKEN -- 2 WHIRLPAKS PLUS FORAM CUT -- YES NAIDU BAG -- YES (LABELED "MIXED")