APPENDIX 



MEMORANDUM ON PROPOSED NATIONAL EXPEDI- 

 TION FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAi 



Origin of Proposal 



At the Annual Meeting of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science in August, 1920, the President, Dr. W. A. 

 Herdman, F.R.S., Professor of Oceanography in the University of 

 Liverpool, delivered an address dealing with some of the problems 

 of oceanography, and suggested that the time had come for a new 

 British expedition to explore the great oceans of the globe. This 

 suggestion was afterwards put forward more definitely and with 

 further detail in the discussion " On the Need for the Scientific 

 Investigation of the Ocean " at a joint meeting of the Sections of 

 Zoology and Geography. The proposal then made was, in brief, 

 that there was now urgent need for another great exploring 

 expedition like that of the " Challenger " (1872-76), national in 

 character, world-wide in scope, to investigate further the science 

 of the sea, in all departments, by modern methods, under the best 

 expert advice and control. 



Action by Committebs and Council or the Association 



This proposal was received with such favour that at the next 

 meeting of the Committee of Section D (Zoology) a resolution was 

 unanimously passed : — 



That Section D is profoundly impressed with the impor- 

 tance of urging the initiation of a further National Expedi- 

 tion for the Exploration of the Ocean, and requests the 



^ Reprinted, by permission, from the Report of the Council of the 

 British Association, for 1920-21. 



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