THE DISCOVERY INVESTIGATIONS 

 OBJECTS, EQUIPMENT AND METHODS 



PART III. THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION 



By N. A. Mackintosh, a.r.c.s., m.sc. 

 (Plate XVIII, text-figs. 34, 35.) 



THE Marine Biological Station at South Georgia is situated at Grytviken, a small 

 land-locked harbour in East Cumberland Bay, at the head of which lies the whaling 

 station of the Cia Argentina de Pesca. The house, together with the Magistrate's house, 

 Government quarters, wireless station and Argentine meteorological station, is built 

 on a small spit of land known as King Edward Point, marking the entrance to the cove 

 (see sketch map. Fig. 34), and was designed to accommodate seven persons — four 

 officers and three men. 



1 M«RIN£ BIOLOelCM STATION 

 2. MAalSTRATES HOUSE 



3 Wireless station 



4- government ^oarttrs 



5 PRiaOM 



e (\RaENTlME METSCROUSdlCAl. STATiorl 

 7 SHEDS 



6 TRUCK RAILWftV 

 9 WIREI-ESS MASTS 



HO&f^nT Rock 



Fig. 34. Sketch map of Grytviken, South Georgia, showing positions of the whaling station, the marine 



biological station and other buildings. 



The building (Plate XVIII, fig. i) was constructed to designs supplied by Mr C. H. 

 Rose, A.R.I.B.A.; it was completed in January 1925 and since then has been con- 

 tinuously occupied except during the winter seasons of 1926 and 1927. It is of the 

 bungalow type, but has a large storage space under the roof. Full details of its 

 architecture and construction need not be given here, but some remarks may be made 



