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contacts were made in three ways. First, advance invitations were ex- 

 tended to a number of marine biologists to spend a period of time with the 

 expedition working on their particular subjects, both on their own behalf 

 and in the interests of the expedition as a whole. Secondly, notices were 

 sent out through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs inviting the countries 

 which we planned to visit to appoint one or more oceanographical re- 

 presentatives to join the ship for short periods as guests while she was 

 operating in or near their waters. 



Thirdly, our stay in most of the ports at which we called was marked 

 by great mutual scientific hospitality (if I may to describe it). We always 

 made a point of inviting as many local scientists and students to visit 

 the ship as possible, and in return we ourselves received many invitations 

 to visit universities and other institutions, as well as the homes of col- 

 leagues. The happy combination of naval vessel and research ship, inci- 

 dentally, brought us into touch with wider circles, and enabled us to 

 represent our country much better, than either the one or the other would 

 have done. 



Of the international scientists who joined the expedition for a special 

 purpose no more need be said about the Americans Professor C. Zobell 

 and Dr. R. Morita and the Swede Dr. Kullenberg, as they have de- 

 scribed their particular contributions to the success of the expedition in 

 earlier chapters. Another Swede, the zoologist Dr. O. Nybelin, took part 

 in the trial trip to Norway, giving us the benefit of his thorough knowledge 

 of the large winch used on the Swedish Albatross Expedition. 



It was on an afternoon in Colombo that Dr. Grace Pickford, profes- 

 sor at Yale University, arrived. The only member of the expedition who 

 knew her was Dr. Bruun, and there was a little murmuring in corners at 

 this invasion of our masculine stronghold by a woman. But like other 

 foreign members she quickly slipped into our fellowship. She had pub- 

 lished important studies of the Danas deep-sea cephalopod Vampyroteu- 

 this (see page 84), but like many other zoologists she had never had an 

 opportunity of seeing and studying this rare deep-sea animal when freshly 

 caught. She did on the Galathea, and the enthusiasm with which she 

 rummaged in the tubs of deep-sea animals in search of her beloved 

 "Vamps" will long be remembered. 



Repairs to our large winch at Singapore took some little time and 

 like the rest of us Dr. Pickford longed to get back to work in the South 

 China Sea. In the meantime, she gained access to the extensive collection 

 of unstudied octopuses in the Raffles Museum, and before our departure 

 from Singapore had a study of it ready for printing. She also organized 



