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Chapter vtll 



COnSIDE^/VTIOMS TT'AT SFQTJLD GOVERN T^t^t lOGATIOTJ qF All 

 OnEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION ON TFE E-'^ST COAST 

 OF I'^ORTH AyTERICA 



I. LOCATION OF TnE CENTRAL P^STITUTION 



CLolce of the location for nn oce-nofrr- phic ir.stitution, foiind- 

 Gd with t>e p-ims set forth in Chapter VI, must he govorned hy in- 

 tellGctual, as well -^ s h^- practical -^d geographic factors, these 

 InteTloctual reonirernents hemp: predicated on the thesis th- t pro- 

 dnctiv • research, m continued abundance c-n only be uxpacted to 

 come in sttxdious ^nd Intellectually stimulnt ins surroundings. Spec- 

 ifier.! 1y, the requirements in this respect are: 



(1) Convenient access to existing libraries covering all 

 phases of Oceanography, essential because it would reciuiro many 

 years for a new institution to accumnl-t'. ^n extensive and compre- 

 hensive library. ,^ ^ , . r-i ■ 4- 



(2) Froximit^^ to estrblished labor- torxe.s o^ Physics, Chemistr---, 

 ,"nd Biology, to f-^cilitato consultation, -dvice, etc., nnd^for con- 

 venience in cooperntive investif:::ations , in wiTich several fields of 

 sciences are involved. Close association with other cente-s of 

 scientific activity- -nd een-^r^l culture is nlso desirable for its 

 stimuli tinp uffect. This can be met only n^ar so-v; one of the 

 e:r^;-at edi;cation-".l centers. a. -. -. 



(3) The climate must be f-vorable for intellectu-1 work at al j 

 seasons of tv.e year. Extremuly hot sumi'aers would be a serious 

 drawback. 



Practical rennirarnont s , so obvious ■^ s to -eed no explanation 



" ^' that livina conditions be good and thnt soi^o of t^-e ammenitios 



of modern social life be e-'.silv available. It is also essential 



thPt t'-o st-^.tion be within easy reac^-^., b-- boat or by train, from 

 the university cities of North America. 



The station must be located on the shores of a protected and 

 e'^sily accessible harbor, from which the open ser con be renche.i 

 in\a short time: and it is ^-.ighl- desimble th-t the hr-rbor should 

 be ice-free the y,;pr round. 



Thti st-tion s^-onld be within e'-sy rench of s"lp yards, marine 

 supplies of '^11 sorts, etc. 



It must, on the one h"nd, lie outside t>^e belt of tropical 

 hurricpnes, ''nd on tke other, nt a 1-titude where the sep m the 

 offinp;, as'well as the h^-rbor, is not seriously obstructed with ii-e 

 in any season. 



It must 1-ie loc-ted where r suitPble site c-n be purch-sed nt n 

 reasonable price. 



The chief geogr-^P'-^ic reouirement is eas'^ recess to the crept- 

 est possible ocepno^rnphic diversit-', so that the widest r-nge of 



