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convey some idea of the nature of the flora and fauna, terrestrial and 
aquatic, at, or in the vicinity of the sites investigated. 
The comments, recommendations, and conclusions which follow are my 
own based on personal observation, and on discussions with other members 
of your Survey party. 
IN CONCLUSION 
Though terrestrial animal and plant life was more abundant in some 
areas than in others, no truly barren area was found in the sea. 
Seals and their numbers are mentioned when they came to our attention. 
Some effort was made to note bird rookeries seen by various members of our 
party and by ship's personnel, and where possible, which was not as often 
as we would have wished, to identify the species inhabiting them. 
Noteworthy bird colonies, mostly penguins, have been noted in the 
area sections of this report (all but sections VII, XIII, XIV, XVII, XVIII, 
in which poor visibility, insufficient time for searching, or lateness of 
season may have kept us from discovering any rookeries of consequence). 
Each and every area visited in the course of this survey holds great 
promise for the marine biologist working on, or with particular animals or 
groups of them. Representatives of most, if not all phyla of marine ani¬ 
mals, even though we may not have turned them up in our samplings, are 
sure to be found in the regions explored by us. 
Ice conditions more than anything else will restrict, at times, the 
operations of those who may follow us, as such conditions hindered us on 
several occasions. But if we wish to know how antarctic and sub-antarctic 
organisms live, and where, and under what conditions, and above all know 
