| Cruise ID | NOVA08AR |
| Vessel | R/V ARGO |
| Title | NOVA Expedition (NOVA) |
| Abstract | To explore the southwest Pacific Ocean and to investigate the drift of continents and the expansion of the seafloor in Melanesia which seems to be part continent and part ocean basin. |
| Proposal Title | To study the origins and geologic history of continents and ocean basins. |
| Starting Port | Pago Pago, American Samoa |
| Ending Port | Pago Pago, American Samoa |
| Starting Date | 1967-10-29 |
| Ending Date | 1967-11-19 |
| Latitude Maximum | -14.3976 |
| Latitude Minimum | -26.4622 |
| Longitude Maximum | 190.456 |
| Longitude Minimum | 177.396 |
| Principal Investigator | Vacquier, Victor |
