S.S. "Michael Sars" in Plymouth Harbour. 



CHAPTER III 



THE WORK AND CRUISES OF THE " MICHAEL SARS 



In this chapter it is proposed to point out briefly the nature and 

 extent of the oceanographical work and fishery problems in 

 which the S.S. "Michael Sars" has been engaged in the 

 Norwegian Sea during the past ten years. Thereafter we will 

 turn to the special cruise in the North Atlantic from April to 

 August 1 910, and will recount the operations of the ship and 

 the proceedings on board at the observing stations along the 

 coasts of Europe, Africa, and Newfoundland, and during the 

 voyages across the whole extent of the Atlantic. 



Since the summer of 1900 the " Michael Sars " has made a 

 great number of cruises in the Norwegian Sea. Fig. 36 shows 

 the location of the stations occupied during the years 1900- 

 1904, and a good deal more work has been done there sub- 

 sequently. In the winter our task has been a particularly 

 arduous one. We have found that stormy weather nearly 

 always prevails at that season, and it is light for only a few 

 hours each day. The temperature of the air is so low that all 

 the water that falls on the deck and rigging freezes, and the 



