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convey sc»ie idea of the nature of the flora and faiina, terrestrial and 
aquatic^ at, or in the vicinity of the sites investigated. 
The coEffisents, reooEasendations, anA conclusions which follow are 
own^based on personal observation, aisi on discussions with other meKijers 
of you/ survey party. 
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Though terrestrial animl and plant life was j»re abundant in some 
areas than in others, no truly barren area was found in the sea. 
Seals and their nwnbers are mentioned when they eon® to our attention. 
Some effort was made to note bird rookeries seen by various metiers of our 
party ar^ ship’s personnel, ard where possible, which was not as often 
as we would have wished, to identify the sj^cies iidiabiting them, 
Notewortly bird colonies, n»stly iKJnguins, have been noted in the area 
sections of this report (all but sections VII, XIII, xr^T, XVII, XVIII, in 
which jKXJr visibility, insufficient tin® for searching, or lateness of 
season nmy have kept ue from discovering any rookeries of eonseqi^nce) , 
Each and every area visited in the course of this survey holds great 
promise for the UKirine biologist working on, or with, particular aniiatils 
or gi'oups of them. Representatives of most, if not all, plyla of mrine 
animals, even though we may not have turiK?d the® up in our samplings, are 
sure to be found in the regions explored by us. 
Ice conditions laore than anything else will restrict, at times, the 
operations of those who laay follow us, as such conditions hindered us on 
several oceasiona. But if we wish to know how antarctic and sub-antarctic 
organisms live, and where, and under what coriditlona, and above all know 
