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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



namical oceanography, meteorology, terrestrial 

 magnetism, and related subjects. 



Equipment: 1 large building 210 feet by 44 feet. 2 

 stories and basement throughout. 3 stories over 

 central part with a large pent-house on top. A 

 tunnel, 360 feet long and 16 feet wide in the 

 rock 50 feet below the basement. 



1 research vessel: Armatjer Hansen, 57 tons 

 gross, 76 feet long, 19 feet beam, motor 2 cyl. 

 2 str., 80 hp, speed 8 knots, complete outfit for 

 sailing. 



1 motor launch (Arnulf). 



Staff: Scientific: Director, Prof. Dr. B. Helland- 

 Hansen (oceanography) ; Prof. Dr. J. A. B. 

 Bjerknes (meteorology); Prof. Dr. B. Trumpy 

 (terrestrial magnetism and cosmical physics); 

 Dr. J. E. Fjeldstad (mathematics); Dr. H. Mosby 

 (physics); Mr. K. F. Wasserfall (terrestrial mag- 

 netism). Maintenance and operation: 6. Cleri- 

 cal and technical assistants: 9. 



Provision for visiting investigators: 10 can be ac- 

 commodated. 



Income: Sources: From the State and other sources. 

 Amount: Financial year 1935-36, Kr. 120,000. 



Provision for puhlication of results: Bergens Mu- 

 seum's publications and Geofysiske Pubhkasjoner. 



Statens Fiskeriforsoksstasjon. (Official Norwegian 

 Fisheries Research Station) ('37) 



History or origin: Founded in 1891. Attached to 

 Fisheries Directorate in 1899. 



Location: Thormohlensgt. 66, Bergen. 



Organization to which attached: Fisheries Directorate. 



Purposes: Investigations concerning the fishing 

 industry. Improvement of known processes and 

 development of new. Scientific research and 

 application of science to practice. 



Scope of activities: The fisheries and all products and 

 problems cormected with these. Also cold storage 

 of Norwegian fruit. 



Equipment: Rather overcrowded old, wooden build- 

 ing. Chemical laboratories with ordinary, good 

 equipment, as balances, microscopes, autoclaves, 

 refractometers, Hilger vitameter, tintometers, 

 precision viscosimeter, centrifuges, divers other 

 equipment. Experiniental cold store with 10 

 chambers, temperatures down to — 20°C. Library 

 with most modern literature concerning the scope 

 of activities of the station, 30-40 technical and 

 scientific periodicals. 



Staff: Permanent staff: Director: Chemical engineer 

 Olav Notevarp. Konsulent: Chemical engi- 

 neer Harald Weedon. Assistant: Sverre 

 Hjorth-Hansen. Assistant: Technical chemist 

 Alfred Monssen. Laboratory assistant: 

 Temporary staff: 4 chemical engineers, 1 me- 

 chanical engineer, 1 civil engineer, 4 technical 

 chemists, 6 other assistants. (Note: All "engi- 

 neers" are technical university graduates.) 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: Poor, as building 



is very crowded. 

 Income: Permanent budget; Temporary budget. 



Source: Norwegian Government. 

 Provision for publication of results: Arsveretning 

 vedkommende Norges Fiskerier, Fiskeridirek- 

 toratets skrifter, serie Teknologiske undersokelser. 

 (Report on Technological Research concerning 

 Norwegian Fish Industry.) 



Universitetets biologiske stasjon, Dr0bak ('37) 



History or origin: Established 1894. 



Location: On the Oslo-fjord in the village of Dr0bak, 



about 30 km south of the city of Oslo. 

 Organization to which attached: University of Oslo, 



of which the station is a special department. 

 Purposes: Instruction : General instruction in marine 



zoology and botany, and in elementary micro- 

 anatomical research methods. 



General purpose: Marine research in every 



direction as well as biological laboratory work. 

 Scope of activities: Biology: plankton, fishes, bottom 



fauna and flora, microscopic anatomy, ecology. 

 Equipment: One building, 3 floors, crossbuilt, area 



100 sq. m. 1 research motor boat, 30 feet, 



equipped to work to a depth 100-150 fathoms 



m the neighborhood of the station. 

 Staff: Scientific: Director, Prof. Dr. Hjalmar Broch. 



Teaching committee: The Director and Prof. 



Dr. Kristine Bonnevie; Prof. Dr. H. H. Gran; 



Prof. Dr. Johan Hjort; Prof. Dr. Otto Lous Mohr. 



Maintenance and operation: 1. 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: 3 tables. 

 Income: Source: Yearly income from the Norwegian 



State. 



Amount: Kr. 2,200. 

 Provision for publication of results: No special 



publications. 



