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The information service was an innovation and like all infants we had 

 our teething troubles. Nevertheless, we gained a good deal of experience 

 which may be useful to future expeditions of this kind. The department 

 was the smallest of the three services which for nearly two years cooperated 

 on one deck. Deep-sea research was our banner; science formed the ram 

 behind which we advanced with our typewriters, microphones, and came- 

 ras. Let me end this chapter, and this book, by saying that the scientific 

 discoveries of this expedition were a revelation to me. If often they were 

 difficult to comprehend, it was nevertheless an exciting assignment to 

 try to explain them to the ordinary man, for it is he who must be en- 

 couraged to take an interest in scientific research and to appreciate its 

 importance in the field of human welfare. 



The Galathea Expedition marked a further step forward in the study 

 of the Seven Seas; but as Dr. Bruun has said, the Great Sea Serpent has 

 yet to be caught. 



