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Swedish Oceanography during the War

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ON January 24, 1939, the Oceanografiska Institutet in Göteborg, given to the Royal Society of Göteborg by the Wallenberg Foundation, was inaugurated1. Since then it has worked in close cooperation with the Svenska Hydrografisk-Biologiska Kommissionen, which has in this way received a valuable addition to its own research facilities, Bornö Station and Havsfiskelaboratoriet, both situated at the Gullmar Fjord, and the research ship Skagerak. At the beginning of August 1939 the Skagerak was engaged on an international cruise in the Baltic. One month later the ship was commandeered by the Swedish Navy and has since then been serving as an auxiliary gun-boat.

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PETTERSSON, H. Swedish Oceanography during the War. Nature 156, 180–181 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156180a0

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