18, 1953, including Brigadier General Richard E. Ellsworth. The flight originated in the Azores and was bound for the plane's home in Rapid City Air Force Base, South Dakota, renamed Ellsworth Air Force Base. The calamity claimed more lives that night when all on board a second plane, a Boeing SB-29 Superfortress from Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador spotted the downed Convair, then disappeared, the plane and crew never seen again. Industry In addition to its jellyfish harvesting industry, Smith Sound is known for its large Atlantic cod population. Fourteen-year-old cod are not unusual here. 2003 frozen cod mystery In April 2003, thousands of dead cod, a weight of approximately a quarter-million pounds, washed up on the shores of the sound within a few days, called an ecological disaster, prompting scientific research into the cause. After an interview with DFO scientist John Brattey, CBC St. John’s news website posted: Brattey says the water remains the coldest that the department has ever recorded in the area, and some fish will continue to die. He says tests show some of the cod have an anti-freeze protein, while others don't. Otherwise, the dead cod appears to have been healthy up until it was instantly frozen by contact with ice crystals. Brattey says the organs of the dead cod are frozen solid, even though the flesh of the fish is pliable. Tourism Route 232, Smith Sound Road - located on the Bonavista Peninsula, north side of the sound. The scenic Smith Sound Trail - located at Brittania. See also List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador References Further reading Cormack, W. E. (1824). Account of a Journey Across the Island of Newfoundland. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Constable. Cormack, W. E. (1828). Report of Mr. W.E. Cormack's Journey in Search of the Red Indians in Newfoundland Read Before the Bœothick Institution of St. John's, Newfoundland. S.l: s.n. Cormack, W. E. (1856). Narrative of a Journey Across the Island of Newfoundland. St. John's, Nfld.?: s.n. Dunbar, M. J. (1951). Eastern Arctic Waters A Summary of Our Present Knowledge of the Physical Oceanography of the Eastern Arctic Sea, from Hudson Bay to Cape Farewell and from Belle Isle to Smith Sound. Ottawa: Fisheries Research Board of Canada. Matthew, George Frederic (1899). The Etcheminian Fauna of Smith Sound, Newfoundland. Rideout, R., M. Burton, and G. Rose (2000). "Observations on Mass Atresia and Skipped Spawning