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staff of four, perhaps? 
Sach a vessel could also vork tbe intensediate and surface -waters, and 
by i^ans of its auxiliaries, shallow ineiiore water®, and if and -when 
necessary support ’’excursions” ashore for related studies, fresh -water 
and terrestrial, This vessel my need a shore base, or supply depot 
conveniently located in or near the area to be surveyed. 
In no way is it intervied l-ere to lalnlissilze or overlook -wliat can be 
done land -wise from a shore-based laboratory. But could not rdcrobio- 
logical studies of soil, air, and of water and studies of bird and ter- 
restrial plant life be conducted, as well and to the sMie extent, from 
be 
a vessel as from a shore s-tation, if they/deeraed of such vital importance 
that they miuust be initiated the very first year or t-wo this vessel is 
operated? 
Penguin aM other ornithological researchers have the oppoi'tunity of 
pursuing such studies by living, as observers, in aiay one or another of 
the presently active bases in Paljnerland , Argentine, Chilean, ai^ i-nglish. 
The little stwlied Chinstrap pengiiins can be studied at close range, as 
well at Deception Island and in Paradise Harbor, as they can be in (or at) 
any of the colonies of these birds observed In the course of tlie survey 
cruise. 
The prospect of seeing, hearing, or reading about wtet vsxy come out 
of a biological survey of the channels, straits, bays, and harbors of 
Palmer land is truly a fascinating one. 
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