256 Henriksen, The Danish Arctic Biologieal Station in Greenland. 



The Danish Arctic Biologieal Station in Greenland. 



In Biolog. Centralblatt for Aug. 15, 1905, I published a short 

 articlö about the proposed Biologieal Station in Greenland. 



I am now able to state that the money for the erection of 

 the building is donated by Hit. Justitsraad P. Holck of Copen- 

 hagen and the Danish government has promised to pay the running 

 expenses of the Station. 



The site chosen for the Station is on Disco Island near the 

 colony of Godhavn. This place is aecording to authorities a well 

 chosen vantage-ground for the study of arctic biology, and the plan 

 has reeeived the most hearty approval of German, English, American, 

 Swedish and Danish biologists. 



The Station will be built during the summer of 1906 and open 

 to investigators in 1907. It will be in charge of a resident in- 

 vestigator. Hrr. Gand. Mag. M. P. Porsild, who proposed the plan, 

 is the chosen director of the Station. The Station is open to 

 investigators, foreign and Danish alike, free of charge. There is 

 free lodging in connection with the Station and all facilities as 

 motor-launch, boats, sledges, Instruments, books, etc., are also free 

 of charge. A native guide to carry tents and other material for 

 shorter expeditions can be had at this Station, but longer expe- 

 ditions must be done at the expense of the visiting scientists. 



It is estimated that a stay in Greenland during a summer 

 will cost about 1500 marks, covering the fare both ways between 

 Copenhagen and Greenland. Steamers for Greenland leave Copen- 

 hagen in May and June and leave Disco Island in August and 

 September. 



The great interest connected with such a Station from a biologieal, 

 geological and geographica! point of view need not to be empha- 

 sized here and I believe the Danish government and especially the 

 future director ought to be congratulated for Ins zealous elfort to 

 bring this plan to a successful end. Prof. C. O. Whitman, in 

 recommending the plan said: „It is a unique undertaking and if 

 adequately supported it has every promise of proving and epoch- 

 making event in the biologieal world." Or in the words of Prof. 

 J. Loeb, ,.The future of biology lies in the marine laboratories". 



Detailed information for those who intend to study in the 

 laboratories may be had by writing Hrr. Cand. Mag. M. P. Porsild, 

 Botanical Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 



Martin E. Henriksen. 



Yerlag von Georg Thieme in Leipzig, Rabensteinplatz 2. — Druck der k. bayer. 

 Hof- und Univ.-Buchdr. von Junge & Sohn in Erlangen. 



