THE SHIP AND HER COMPLEMENT 



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All members of the expedition not belonging to the civilian scientific 

 staff were naval personnel: officers and warrant officers, able seamen, 

 and national servicemen, including a number of engineers. Our full com- 

 plement was a little over a hundred. Occasionally, we had a few women 

 scientists on board. 



The route taken by the Galathea is shown on the map at the back of 

 the book, but the salient points of the voyage are as follows: ship commis- 

 sioned September i, 1950; two trial trips in Norwegian and Danish 

 waters; departure from Copenhagen, October 15, 1950; English Channel; 

 Bay of Biscay; west coast of Africa; Capetown, New Year 1951 ; east coast 

 of Africa; Madagascar; Mombasa; the Seychelles Islands; Ceylon; Bay 



A corner of the laboratory. 



Some of the material collected 

 in the Indian Ocean ready for 

 despatch at Colombo. 



