CONTENTS 



Page 



Foreword -- V 



Chapter I 



Introduction 1 



Description of vessel and api)aratus 1 



Personnel 3 



Narrative of the ex])edition 4 



Chapter II 



The bathymetry 53 



Introduction 53 



Description of apparatus and methods 53 



Corrections a{)plied to the echo soundings 57 



Final results 59 



Charts Following page 60 



Chapter III 



The sediments 62 



Introduction 62 



General remarks 62 



I nterpretation of mechanical analyses 63 



Description of sediments 67 



The origin of the sediments 70 



Characteristics of sediments of ice-borne origin 77 



Table 1 ' 78 



2 79 



3 • 79 



4 80 



5 81 



III 



