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unique extracts of the records of the deep? Since the 

 Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition returned to Goteborg in 

 the beginning of October, 1948, a score of speciaUsts in 

 different sciences have been engaged on the archaeo- 

 logical task of unraveling the past. The w^ork, which 

 has been coordinated by the Oceanographic Institute 

 of Goteborg, has met with generous support and col- 

 laboration from eminent scientists, not only in Sweden 

 and on the European continent, but also in Great Britain 

 and the United States. Some of these investigations have 

 already been concluded and their results are being 

 pubhshed as the Reports of the Swedish Deep-Sea Ex- 

 pedition. Others are still under way. It has not been 

 possible to reahze our hopes of having the whole work 

 finished and ready for pubhcation within a five-year 

 period, but in the course of another few years one may 

 expect the last volumes of the Reports to be printed or 

 printing. Obviously the usefulness of our results to 

 colleagues in other countries depends largely on how 

 soon they can be made available. Thanks to generous 

 support from the National Research Council of Sweden, 

 from the Geological Society of America, and from 

 various private donors, the high costs of working up the 

 vast material and publishing the main results are being 

 met. 



In the meantime we have had the satisfaction of 

 seeing the work planned for the "Albatross" cruise 

 taken up by other countries. Several deep-sea expedi- 

 tions, the most famous being that of the Danish ship 



