﻿MAR. 
  4, 
  1922 
  FARIS: 
  SOME 
  PROBLKMS 
  OF 
  THE 
  SEA 
  131 
  

  

  cient 
  service 
  the 
  vessels 
  employed 
  on 
  oceanographic 
  work 
  should 
  be 
  

   designed 
  and 
  constructed 
  for 
  that 
  specific 
  purpose; 
  the 
  design 
  to 
  

   be 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  careful 
  consideration 
  and 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  purpose 
  and 
  re- 
  

   quirements 
  involved 
  in 
  the 
  investigations 
  that 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  carried 
  out. 
  

   A 
  laboratory 
  should 
  be 
  provided 
  on 
  board 
  the 
  vessel 
  so 
  that 
  chemical, 
  

   physical 
  and 
  biological 
  investigations 
  can 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  be 
  carried 
  

   on 
  while 
  the 
  vessel 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  working 
  grounds. 
  The 
  instruments 
  

   and 
  equipment, 
  and 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  their 
  use, 
  should 
  be 
  standard- 
  

   ized 
  and 
  up-to-date. 
  And 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  secure 
  standard 
  instruments 
  

   and 
  methods 
  these 
  matters 
  should 
  be 
  considered 
  and 
  passed 
  upon 
  

   by 
  a 
  body 
  composed 
  of 
  competent 
  representatives 
  of 
  all 
  cooperating 
  

   nations. 
  This 
  body 
  should 
  also 
  draw 
  up 
  a 
  manual 
  of 
  instructions 
  

   for 
  the 
  oceanographic 
  work. 
  Then 
  all 
  investigations 
  carried 
  out 
  at 
  

   sea 
  by 
  the 
  different 
  expeditions 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  a 
  readily 
  comparable 
  

   character. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  sea 
  investigations 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  

   thing 
  is 
  the 
  earliest 
  possible 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  results 
  in 
  such 
  form, 
  

   at 
  least, 
  as 
  will 
  make 
  them 
  accessible 
  to 
  all 
  students 
  of 
  the 
  subjects 
  

   concerned. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  institutions 
  already 
  in 
  existence, 
  

   and 
  others 
  could 
  be 
  established 
  if 
  necessary, 
  where 
  this 
  could 
  be 
  

   done. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  these 
  institutions 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  clearing 
  houses 
  

   where 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  oceanographic 
  investigations 
  would 
  be 
  studied, 
  

   correlated, 
  and 
  published. 
  

  

  CONCLUSION 
  

  

  My 
  thought 
  and 
  purpose 
  throughout 
  this 
  paper 
  has 
  been 
  to 
  put 
  

   before 
  you 
  in 
  a 
  most 
  general 
  way, 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  although 
  much 
  has 
  

   been 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  investigation 
  and 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  sea, 
  and 
  that 
  also 
  

   there 
  may 
  be 
  but 
  few, 
  if 
  any, 
  new 
  regions 
  to 
  explore 
  or 
  new 
  prob- 
  

   lems 
  arising, 
  yet 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  existing 
  problems 
  yet 
  to 
  

   be 
  searched 
  out 
  and 
  correlated, 
  a 
  good 
  beginning 
  only 
  has 
  been 
  made, 
  

   and 
  that 
  the 
  work 
  yet 
  needed 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  is 
  so 
  large 
  as 
  to 
  require 
  the 
  

   combined 
  effort 
  of 
  all 
  maritime 
  nations, 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  need 
  for 
  the 
  

   work 
  is 
  really 
  more 
  pressing 
  than 
  its 
  present 
  rate 
  of 
  accomplishment 
  

   indicates. 
  

  

  Let 
  us 
  do 
  what 
  we 
  can 
  to 
  popularize 
  this 
  subject; 
  to 
  show 
  its 
  scien- 
  

   tific 
  and 
  cultural 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  its 
  economic 
  aspects. 
  Let 
  us 
  interest 
  the 
  

   public 
  in 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  knowing 
  and 
  cultivating 
  these 
  great 
  ocean 
  

   fields, 
  to 
  learn 
  more 
  of 
  Nature, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  lives 
  of 
  coming 
  

   generations 
  more 
  certain 
  and 
  secure. 
  

  

  