atures, 179, 188; wrecks and sal- 

 vage, 126-7, 134ff, 170ff 

 Medusae, 83 



Meghna, R., tidal bore in, 221 

 Melbourne, 117 

 Melita, see Malta 

 Melville I., 50, 54, 55 

 Memphis, 131 



Mendocino Escarpment, 180, 200 

 Mentawai Ridge and Trench, 187 

 Merlin, Alfred, 162 

 Messina, (Messana), 79, 1 14, 1 29, 130, 138, 



146 

 Meta, 141 



"Meteor" Expedition, 1925-27, 211, 240 

 Meteorological Service, origin of, 174; 



registers, difficulty in getting data 



for, 174; observations, 177; atlases, 



185 

 Meteor Seamount, 176 

 Mex, near Alexandria, 150 

 Mexico, 197 

 Mexico, Gulf of, 6, 78, 175, 176, 181, 189, 



215, 222, 233 

 Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 176, 196-7, 201 

 Mid-Indian Basin and Rise, 186 

 Milan, see IVIediolanum 

 Miletus, 126, 131, 139 

 Millipedes, 76 

 Milo, of Croton, 146 



Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy, tide in, 215 

 Mindanao, I., 28 

 Minerals, in the sea, 238 

 Minoan, culture, 128, 132; ...sphere of 



influence 130 

 Minorca, I., 138 

 Minos, King of Crete, 128 

 Misenum, 140, 141, 143 

 Mohole project, 14, 197 

 Moluccas, 27, 31, 33, 35 

 Mollusca, 87-8 

 Monaco, 138 



Mondini, Prof. C, of Bologna, 79 

 Monsoons, 207 

 Montevideo, 116 

 Mont St. Michel, Bay of, 242 

 Moon, influence on tides, 216 

 Morgan, Henry, 146 

 Motya, 138, 153 



Mountainous area of ocean floor, 196 

 Mozambique Channel, 7, 186 

 Mulgrave, Lord, see Phipps 

 Miiller, Johannes, 92 

 Miinchhausen, Baron, 20 

 Murray Sea Scarp, 180 

 Musa, Radius, 145 

 Mussels, cultivated in Netherlands as 



food crop, 237 

 Mycenae, 128, 131, 168 

 Mycenaean, 158; script, 128; ...ships, 



132; . . .sphere of influence, 131 

 Myos, 126, 139 

 Myra, 131, 133 



Nanoplankton, 109 



Nansei Shoto Trench, 180 



Nansen, Fridtjof, 19, 56-65, 183; birth, 56; 

 first voyage to Greenland, 56; icecap 

 journey, 1888, 57; builds Fram, 58; 

 voyage of Fram, 1893-96, 59-65; 

 farthest North, 62; winters in Franz 

 Josef Land, 1895-96, 63; meeting with 

 Jackson, 64; returns home, 65; routes 

 of various expeditions, 60; location of 

 winter quarters, 60 



Nansen, Hans, 17th Cent. Danish ex- 

 plorer, 56 



Nansen Basin, 184; ...Bottle, 211; ... 

 Rise, 184 



Naples, 114, 138, 141 ; Bay of . . ., 140, 141 



Narbada, R., tidal bore in, 211 



Narbonne, (Narbo), 138, 145, 164 



Nares Deep, 176 



Natal Basin and Ridge, 186 



"National," German survey ship, 119 



"Natural History," Pliny the Elder, 215 



Naustathmos, 139, 158 



Nautilus, 88 



"Nautilus," U.S.S., 19, 66-73; building of 

 66-7; command, 66-7; details of ship's 

 gear, 67; Polar voyage, 1957, 67-8; 

 Polar voyage, 1958, 68-73; 90° N., 73; 

 returns to U.S., 73; routes followed, 

 and position at 87° N., 71 



"Nautilus," Jules Verne's fictional sub- 

 marine, 66 



Naxos, 138 



Nazareth Trough, 186 



Neap tides, 216 



Necho, Phoenician sailor, 202 



Needles, Isle of Wight, 232 



Nekton, 92 



Nene, R., 231 



Newborough Warren, Anglesey, 233 



New Brunswick, 215 



New Caledonia, 41, 43 



Newer drift ice, probable limit of, 231 



Newfoundland, 19, 42, 195; fishery, 102 



New Guinea, 28, 43, 117; ... Rise, 180 



New Hebrides, Is., 41 , 43; ... Ridge, 180 



New Holland, see Australia 



New Siberian Islands, 61, 71 



Newton, Sir Isaac, 216 



New York, 14, 171, 218 



New Zealand, 18, 39-41, 43, 45, 55, 116, 

 117; ... Plateau, 180 



Nice, (Nicaea), 130, 178 



Nile, R., 131 



Niobe, statue of, 162 



Niobids, statues, 162 



Nippur, site of, 12 



Nitrate, as constituent of guano, 239 



Nootka Sound, 44 



Nora, 138 



Nordenskjold, Baron, 59 



Norfolk Island Ridge and Trough, 180 



Normandy beaches, 230 



North America, 29, 78, 189 



North Atlantic Deep Water, 212-3 



North Atlantic Ocean, 6 



North Australian Basin, 180 



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