30 October 1995





Dr. David Christie							
College of Oceanography
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331


As requested, you are designated Chief Scientist on  R/V Melville  and assigned ship time, 
funded by the NSF/ODP as follows:
	Starting port: 		Hobart, Australia				
	Loading Dates:		14, 15 Jan 1996        Loading Days charged:        2
	Dates at sea:		16 Jan-17 Feb 1996     Sea Days charged:           33
	Off-loading dates:	18, 19 Feb 1996        Off-loading Days charged:    2
	End port:          Fremantle, Australia        Total Funded Days:          37	

Please note that R/V Melville normally departs at 0800 on departure date and will 
return to port no later than 1600 on 17 February 1996.
Please check the enclosed copy of your original ship request form, to see if the 
list of equipment and facilities needed is still correct; if not, please send a 
corrected copy directly to the Marine Superintendent, Marine Facilities 0705, Scripps 
Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA  92093.

Although most Chief Scientists already know the following, and full details are 
provided in the Chief Scientist's Manual,  I have been asked to reiterate in each 
scheduling letter the following important rules;
1)  The designation as Chief Scientist cannot be re-delegated without approval from 
this office.
2)  The Chief Scientist is responsible for the accomplishment of the scientific work 
of the cruise, and is responsible for the behaviour of all members of the scientific 
party whether they normally work for him/her or not.
3)  Hard liquor and drugs are strictly prohibited aboard ship.  No alcoholic beverages 
may be brought aboard without specific permission from the Captain.  The Chief Scientist 
is expected to inform the scientific party of this and to enforce the rules with 
respect to Scientific party members.
4)  No radioactive material or unnatural concentrations of stable isotopes may be 
brought aboard by anyone without advance permission from the SIO Isotope Committee.  
All spills of material of this nature must be reported promptly.
5)  The Chief Scientist is expected to cooperate with the Master in enforcement of 
safety 	regulations aboard.  At the end of the cruise, reports for various government 
agencies are due; a packet containing forms will be distributed by the Ship 
Scheduling Office at a later date. 

Further information can be found in the Chief Scientist's Manual  and the  
R/V Melville  Handbook.  We wish you a pleasant and successful cruise.
					
					
					Robert A. Knox
					Associate Director

cc:	Captain,  R/V Melville
	Marine Superintendent
	W. Sutherland
	Dr. Jean-Christophe Sempere