1977 Voyages to Darkness Eclipse Cruises aboard Sitmar's Fairwind and Fairsea

Eclipse photos taken aboard the Fairwind's Voyage to Darkness by Dr. Marjorie C. Nicol and Isabella Mackerracher. These veteran eclipse chasers and their cat, Penny Nicol, were the first passengers to book on an eclipse cruise - Eclipse '72 aboard the Olympia.

Marge Nicol and Isabella Mackerracher with Penny aboard the Olympia (1972) and Canberra (1973) Voyages to Darkness eclipse cruises and on the deck of the Fairwind photographing the eclipse. Their eclipse photos are shown above.

Published articles relating to Eclipse '77 —Voyage to Darkness

Total Eclipse of Sun in Pacific Is Seen by Only a Few — The New York Times

Distinguished Lecturers & Staff — T.S.S. Fairwind

Dr. Joseph M. Chamberlain, — Program Director, Fairwind and Fairsea; Director,The Adler Planetarium

Ms. Phyllis Pitluga, Program Coordinator, Fairwind— Astronomer, The Adler Planetarium

Dr. Edward M. Brooks — Meteorologist; Professor of Geophysics at Boston College

Dr. Mark R. Chartrand —Astronomer, American Museum-Hayden Planetarium

Dr. John A. Eddy— Solar Physicist, High Altitude Observatory in Colorado

Dr. Karl Henize — Astronaut, NASA scientist and Professor at Northwestern University's Department of Astronomy

Dr. Fred Hess— Astronomer, Maritime College

George Keene—Astrophotographer, Eastman Kodak Company

Robert T. Little— Astrophotographer

Dr. Harrison (Jack) Schmitt—Astronaut, U.S. Manned Space Flight Center

Dr. Margaret Mead—Anthropologist and Author

Dr. John A. Simpson—University of Chicago

Walter Sullivan—Science Writer, The New York Times

incomplete list

Distinguished Lecturers & Staff — T.S.S. Fairsea

Dr. Bart Bok,— Astronomer, University of Arizona

Dr. Eric D. Carlson — Program Director, Fairsea; Senior Astronomer, The Adler Planetarium

Dr. George O. Abell — University of California, Los Angeles

Leo J. Henzl, Jr. — Astrophotographer

Dr. J. Allen Hynek — Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Lloyd and Georgia Norlin —

Dr. Howel Williams— University of California (Retired)

Dr. James A. Van Allen— University of Iowa

Mr. Ralph Dakin— Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY

incomplete list

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