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across the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean, 

 and homeward by a route between Newfoundland 

 and Ireland. Starting from Norway, the " Michael 

 Sars" made for the Canaries; from the Canaries 

 she sailed to the Azores and thence through the 

 Sargasso Sea to St. John's, Newfoundland, and 

 so back to Glasgow. 



There are many reasons for keeping a research 

 ship of this kind small, not the least being the 

 cost of up-keep, but it was somewhat of an ex- 

 periment to take so small a vessel for a prolonged 

 ocean trip ; yet the experiment was eminently 

 successful. This is, in our opinion, largely due 

 to the fact that the men of science on board, as 

 well as the crew, were not only exceptionally 

 able men, but were men who thoroughly knew 

 their boat and its capabilities. The list of the 

 scientific staff contained some of the best known 

 names in oceanographic research. Each of them 

 was a master in his own subject, and each was a 

 bold experimenter, and through them new methods 

 and new machinery, which were successfully 

 employed on this Atlantic cruise, have been given 

 to the world. 



The passengers and the crew of a liner racing 

 over the surface of the Atlantic are apt to imagine 



