PREVIOUS CRUISES AND PURPOSES OF CRUISE VII 17 



out the world as well as by numerous expeditions. In these 

 shore stations highly important experimental work can be done 

 to supplement the discoveries of research vessels. Major contri- 

 butions to the science are now coming from these institutions. 

 Among the important oceanographic voyages completed just 

 prior to the sailing of the Carnegie may be mentioned the German 

 Atlantic Expedition of the Meteor, which covered the South At- 

 lantic in a very systematic way between 1925 and 1927. Our 

 staff had the great privilege of meeting the members of this party 

 when we called at Hamburg in 1928. 



Although much information has already been obtained about 

 the sea, comprehensive, systematic studies have only begun. 

 The projected cruise of the Carnegie was to cover the oceans so 

 completely that it seemed highly desirable to take advantage of 

 this fact by equipping her for work in oceanography. 



