A SHORT HISTORY OF THE INVESTIGATIONS 15 



investigate the tract of ocean lying between Norway, 

 the Faeroe islands, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen. The 

 investigations extended over three years, the vessel 

 returning to Bergen in the winter months. 



The civilian staff of the ' Voringin ' included 

 Professors H. Mohn, Danielssen, and G . 0. Sars, and 

 the expedition was successful in obtaining a large 

 number of animals from deep water by means of the 

 dredge and tangles and by the trawl. 



The results of this expedition have been published 

 in a series of large quarto volumes under the general 

 title of the Norske Nord-havns Expedition. 



The most interesting forms brought to light by 

 the Norwegians are the two genera Fenja arid Aec/ir, 

 animals possessing the general form of sea anemones 

 but distinguished from all Coelenterates by the 

 presence of a continuous and straight gut reaching 

 from the mouth to the aboral pores which completely 

 shuts off the coelenteron or general body cavity from 

 the stomoda3um. 



In more recent times the work has been by no 

 means neglected. With the advantage of employing 

 many modern improvements in the dredges and 

 trawls in use, the American steamer, the ' Albatross,' 

 has been engaged in a careful investigation of the 



