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[Marge Nicol's eclipse] [Marge Nicol's eclipse]

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,Isabella,Penny] [Marge,Isabella,Penny] [Photographing the eclipse] [Marge,Isabella,Phil]

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.

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[Phil and Marcy Sigler]

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[Lecture Staff]

Published articles relating to Eclipse '77 —Voyage to Darkness

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

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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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