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PREFACE 
Tur ‘Terra Nova” Expedition (1910-13), under the command of the late Captain 
R. F. Scott, R.N., 0.V.O., will ever be remembered for the journey to the South 
Pole which ended in the death of the leader and his four brave companions. But, 
in spite of this disaster, the expedition accomplished all that it set out to do. It 
was thoroughly equipped for scientific purposes, in both men and material, and the 
programme of scientific work was carried out in full. 
The biologist in charge of operations on the ship was Mr. D. G. Lillie, M.A., to 
whose skill and energy the large and valuable marine collections are mainly due. 
On the outward and homeward voyages from England to New Zealand fine-meshed 
tow-nets were put overboard whenever possible, and seventy plankton samples were 
obtained ; in addition two hauls were made with the trawl, one near the Falklands, 
at a depth of 125 fathoms, and one off Rio de Janeiro, at a depth of 40 fathoms. 
The winter cruise (July 10th to October 10th, 1911) round the Three Kings Islands 
and to the north of New Zealand produced biological results of great importance ; 
eighty plankton samples were obtained, and the seven hauls made with trawl and 
dredge at depths of 15 to 300 fathoms revealed a bottom-fauna of extraordinary 
variety, including a great number of forms new to science. Between New Zealand 
and McMurdo Sound one hundred and thirty-five samples of plankton and fifty of 
muds and oozes were obtained ; in the Ross Sea and in McMurdo Sound fifteen rich 
hauls with the trawl, at depths of 40 to 300 fathoms, produced a collection which has 
added greatly to our knowledge of the Antarctic marine fauna. 
