Abstract
The year 1988 was highlighted by the continuation of the use of high technology equipment in both underwater exploration and surveying, and automated lake surface video surveillance by the Lake Champlain Phenomena Investigation (LCPI) in its ongoing search for evidence of "Champ," Lake Champlain's version of the Loch Ness Monster. The year 1987 had ushered in this new reliance upon more sophisticated equipment-a ROV (remotely-operated-vehicle), side-scan sonar, Loran-C, and a video digitizer computer monitoring system. More conventional forms of searching-surface surveillance with cameras and binoculars/telescope, scuba searches, and night-scope surveillance-were also conducted. This report serves as an update on the LCPI's ongoing fieldwork, and also records the reported 1988 Champ sightings in the 109-mile-long lake, located in Vermont, New York, and Quebec.