CATALOGUE OF INSTITUTIONS— NORWAY 



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Bergens Museums biologiske stasjon (Marine 



Biological Station of the Bergen 



Museum)^ ('37) 



History or origin: Erected in 1920-22 to take the 

 place of a small station on Puddefjord in Bergen. 

 The latter station was erected in 1891 but, because 

 of the contamination of the water around Bergen, 

 it was found necessary either to abandon the 

 station or to find a site for a new one. 



Location: On the Island of Herdla on Herlo Fjord, 

 27 kilometers north of Bergen. As the water 

 here does not freeze during the winter, investiga- 

 tions may be prosecuted throughout the year. 



Organization to which attached: Bergen Museum, 

 zoological department. 



Purposes: Instruction and research in Marine 

 Biology. 



Scope of activities: As far as possible to carry through 

 all-sided marine research by facilitating the 

 research possibilities of visiting scientists. The 

 institution in itself has no special tasks, the 

 members of the staff working with their personal 

 problems. 



Equipment: 1 laboratory building. The ground floor 

 contains 3 double and 2 single laboratories and a 

 big room for courses of instruction. When no 

 courses are going on this room is arranged so as 

 to give accommodations for 5 research workers. 

 The upper floor contains the library and 9 bed- 

 rooms, 8 double and 1 single, for visitors. The 

 basement contains tanks for keeping somewhat 

 large organisms, an engine room, etc. This main 

 part of the building is 12.3 meters broad and 19.3 

 meters long. At one end of the building a smaller 

 section has been added, the ground plan of which 

 is 8.2 meters by 9.3 meters in dimensions. It 

 contains a mess-room for the scientists and an 

 apartment for the keeper of the station. 



There is an excellent salt-water system and 

 also a fresh-water reservoir, which provide for a 

 variety of investigations. Among the rooms 

 aside from those of more general purposes, the 

 laboratory for physiology and hydrography and 

 the room for balances and chemical supplies 

 should be mentioned. 



There is also a research vessel, the Herman 

 Friele, which is about 23 tons gross, 4.27 meters 



' For full information on the Biological Marine Station 

 of the Bergen Museum, see August Brinkmann, "Die neue 

 biologische Meeresstation des Museums zu Bergen," 

 Bergens Museums Aarbok 1921-22, Naturvidenskabelig 

 Raekke, Nr. 1. 



beam and 14.5 meters long. The height of the 

 side above the water is 2.13 meters. The station 

 possesses a motor launch and several row boats. 



Staff: Director, Professor Dr. August Brinkmann, 

 the chief of the Zoological Department of the 

 Bergen Museum. Amanuensis, cand. real. Ditlef 

 Rustad. 2 technical assistants. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: During the 

 summer when no classes are being given, ten 

 visitors can be accommodated. In the winter 

 there are provisions for five. The work places 

 are free to all competent visitors, but Norwegians 

 have preferential rights. With a table, there is 

 supplied the necessary material, aquaria and 

 ordinary laboratory equipment, together with a 

 small quantity of the most common chemicals 

 and dyes. The cost of consumption above this 

 must be met by the visitor him.self; although 

 certain chemicals — upon agreement — can be ob- 

 tained at cost from the laboratory's supplies. 

 Visitors must bring their own optical and dissect- 

 ing instruments, as well as all special apparatus, 

 and must likewise provide themselves with glass- 

 ware for the preservation of material which they 

 take with them from the Station (the laboratory's 

 glassware can not be taken). 



Income: Source: From the State. Amount: About 

 kr. 25,000 per year. 



Provisions for publication of results: The usual me- 

 dium of publication is in the reports of the Bergen 

 Museum (Bergens Museums Arbok; B. M. 

 Skrifter). 



Papers published elsewhere after agreement 

 with the Director must give plain indication, 

 either in the title or in the uitroduction, that 

 the work has been made at the Station, and 

 separate copies must be sent to the Station. 



Sjokartverket (Nautical Charts Office) ('37) 



Location: Oslo. 



Staff: Director, VPL. Premier Loitnant Rolf Kjaer. 

 Head of 1st Section (provisional) (Calculation, 

 construction, draftmg, etc., of new charts, 

 editions) VPL Kaptein J. Z. Lundqui-st, R.N. 

 (retired) . 

 Head of 2nd Section (Keeping up to date of plates 

 and charts, coloring of light sectors) Kom- 

 mandorkaptein A. Boehmer, R.N. 

 Head of 3rd Section (Notices to Mariners, Sailing 

 Directions, Library) VPL Kaptein S. Bjerk- 

 naes, R.N. (retired). 



