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WE are glad to notice the general approval with which Prof. Herdman's suggestion of a renewed Challenger deep-sea expedition has been received, and we hope that men of science will not fail to take immediate advantage of the present very favourable opportunity for urging upon the Government the renewal of the great enterprise of 1872. Never, unhappily, had the population of these islands to think so much and so anxiously of maritime affairs as during the four years that began in August, 1914. We believe that this concern did not die away when peace was arranged, and we may be sure that very many people are now interested, not only in the further development of our mercantile marine and deep-sea fisheries, but also in the exploration of the ocean as a matter of pure scientific research.
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The Re-challenge to the Ocean. Nature 106, 101–102 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106101a0
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