. The depths of the ocean : a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic. "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-sea Expedition (1910); Oceanography; North Atlantic Ocean. 82 DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN differing from it in the number of muscle segments ; some of them were only cm. long. There were further some remark- able deep-sea fish, including a curious Ceratias (Fig. 59), and the little rare cuttle-fish, Spimla (Fig. 60), which is of such interest to zoologists. During the
. The depths of the ocean : a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic. "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-sea Expedition (1910); Oceanography; North Atlantic Ocean. 82 DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN differing from it in the number of muscle segments ; some of them were only cm. long. There were further some remark- able deep-sea fish, including a curious Ceratias (Fig. 59), and the little rare cuttle-fish, Spimla (Fig. 60), which is of such interest to zoologists. During the night some fiying-fish (Fig. 61) with mature eggs came on board, and on our way back to Gran Canaria we saw a quantity of flying-fish near the island. We anchored once more at Porta de la Luz on Tuesday, 24th May. From the From Plymouth to the west coast of Africa we had been Uie^Azores" chiefly cruising over the coast banks and continental Fig. 61.—Flying-Fish [Exocaiiis spilopus, Val.). Nat. size, 32 cm. Now we were to begin a voyage across the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to the Azores and thence to Newfoundland. Our task henceforth was therefore to investigate a deep ocean, the average depth of which may roughly be put at 5000 metres. Everything accordingly had to be so arranged that we could lower our instruments and appliances to profound depths. The experiences of previous expeditions had made it clear that the larger organisms, at any rate, are sparsely scattered over the vast ocean depths. We therefore prepared ourselves for long pelagic hauls of a day's or a night's duration, during the course of which it would be necessary to employ simultaneously as many appliances as we could at different depths, partly to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Murray, John, Sir, 18
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