THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATUKAL HISTOKY. 



[FIFTH SERIES.] 

 No. 34. OCTOBEE 1880. 



XXXII.— The Zoology of Barents Sea. By W. S. M. 

 D'Ukban, F.L.S., Curator of the Devon and Exeter Albert 

 Memorial Museum. 



Through the spirited exertions of the Dutch geographers a 

 small vessel of 79 tons, named the ' Willem Barents,' was 

 fitted out at Amsterdam by subscription, and made two 

 voyages to Barents Sea, between Spitzbergen and Novaya 

 Zemlya, in the summers of 1878 and 1879 *. The objects 

 of these expeditions were to examine the state and position 

 of the ice in Barents Sea and, if possible, in the Kara Sea, 

 also to take deep-sea soundings with serial temperatures, and 

 thus supply important contributions to our knowledge of that 

 interesting region. Magnetic and meteorological observations 

 were also to be taken, and natural-history collections to be 

 diligently made at every opportunity. Mr. W. J. A. Grant, 

 a gentleman well known for his skill as a photographer, 

 accompanied both these expeditions, and each time brought 

 back with him some bottles fillea 1 with animals dredged in 

 Barents Sea, and preserved in spirits. These he very gene- 

 rously presented to the Museum under my charge. The 

 bottles were carefully labelled with the dates, latitudes, longi- 

 tudes, and depths at which the specimens were obtained j and 



* Accounts of these voyages will be found in the ' Proceedings of the 

 Royal Geographical Society' for January and November 1879. See also 

 the ' Illustrated London News ' for January 25, 1879, and January 31, 

 1880. 



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