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WE are informed that a Danish expedition has just set out from Copenhagen with the intention of carrying: out renewed investigations along the Atlantic Slope and in the Mediterranean. The leader of the new expedition, as of the earlier Danish expeditions, will be Dr. John Schmidt, who is well known for his previous Atlantic i work, especially on the eel, and he will be accompanied by the following men of science:—J. W. Nielsen, hydro-grapher; C. H. Ostenfeld and O. Paulsen, plankton specialists; Sven Palitsch, specialist in chemistry from the Carlsberg Laboratory in Copenhagen; and a biological assistant. The vessel is the research steamer Thor, of the Danish Government. During the first part of the cruise, in the waters of Iceland and the Faeroes, the investigations will have a more official character, being carried out at the expense of the Danish Government and as part of the international scheme of work. The second part of the cruise will set out in the beginning of July from some English port. The expenses of this portion of the expedition will be defrayed partly by the Carlsberg Institution of Copenhagen, which does so much for the promotion of science in Denmark, partly from private sources.
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Oceanographical Investigations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean . Nature 83, 412–413 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/083412a0
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