EXPLORING THE FLOOR 43 



results are being published in the Reports of the Swedish 

 Deep-Sea Expedition, the first volumes of which have 

 already been issued by the Royal Society of Goteborg. 



A great Danish circumnavigating deep-sea expedition 

 with the "Galathea," commenced in the fall of 1950 

 and concluded in the fall of 1952, obtained very 

 important information, especially in the southern and 

 western parts of the Pacific Ocean. Its main purpose 

 was to study the abyssal fauna, in which it has achieved 

 remarkable success. The "Galathea" took over some of 

 the equipment used by the "Albatross," especially the 

 unique electric winch for use in their trawling and 

 dredging experiments. Also, a Umited amount of coring 

 work has been undertaken from the "Galathea." 



From Great Britain the research ship "Discovery 11" 

 has continued its well-known work in Antarctic waters, 

 concentrating in oceanographic studies. ^^ Some of the 

 corings have been made with the piston corer of Kullen- 

 berg, who accompanied the cruise from England to Port 

 Said. The circumnavigating cruise of H.M.S. "Chal- 

 lenger" has also brought remarkable results, to which 

 reference will be made in a following chapter. 



Finally, a most interesting circumnavigating cruise 

 began in 1954 from Toulon, headed by Commandant 

 Y. Cousteau. His ship, the "Calypso," is expected to 

 complete her cruise in the course of the next few years. 

 Although not equipped for work in great depths, the 

 expedition will investigate the upper layers by means 

 of optical methods of unparalleled efficiency. If sue- 



