MARINE ZOOLOGICAL STATION 



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enormous production of eggs that the species does not die out. If, for 

 instance, only one half of the descendents of one pair of cod-fish should 

 survive, then in the third generation the whole Atlantic Ocean would 

 be packed full of cod-fish ! So overpopulation brings its own dangers 

 when members of the same species must fight for space and food and 

 kill one another, or migrate to new regions, before the marvelous bal- 

 ance in nature is readjusted. 



Standing in the west wind, on the ocean-ward cliffs of Skafto, one 

 feels the deep-stirring obsession of the sea. It is no wonder that the 

 Vikings could not resist the siren call of wind and wave. To-day their 

 descendants Loven, Nordenskiold and jSTansen, sailing forth into the 

 great unknown, have made conquests in the realm of nature that will 

 endure forever. 



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