Plate No. II. 



THE MIDWINTER ICE CRUISE. 



Taking an oceanographic station in the vicinity of the Grand Banks. The cutter is the only 

 visitor to this lonely region during the winter nnonths. Here is shown one of the oceano- 

 graphic casts; the wire with the bottles on it can be seen running over the side. The 

 weather is extrennely severe. 



