. The depths of the sea. An account of the general results of the dredging cruises of SS. Porcupine and Lightning during the summers of 1868, 1869 and 1870, under the scientific direction of Dr. Carpenter, , J. Gwyn Jeffreys, , and Dr. Wyville Thomson, Lightning (Ship); Ocean; Marine animals; Deep-sea temperature; Deep-sea desposits; Porcupine (Ship). 132 THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. [CHAF. 111. Greenland, and Loffoten. There can be little doubt that this especially arctic character of the fauna is maintained by the continual migration of arctic species along with the arctic
. The depths of the sea. An account of the general results of the dredging cruises of SS. Porcupine and Lightning during the summers of 1868, 1869 and 1870, under the scientific direction of Dr. Carpenter, , J. Gwyn Jeffreys, , and Dr. Wyville Thomson, Lightning (Ship); Ocean; Marine animals; Deep-sea temperature; Deep-sea desposits; Porcupine (Ship). 132 THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. [CHAF. 111. Greenland, and Loffoten. There can be little doubt that this especially arctic character of the fauna is maintained by the continual migration of arctic species along with the arctic current indicated by the depressions in the lines of equal temperature. Many species characteristic of the ' cold area' were not met with beyond its limits, owing doubtless to the entire banking in and disappearance of the cold water, and the obliteration of the arctic current as such at the western opening of the channel between the Pieroe banks and the THE GOVERNOR s HOUSE. 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 Thomson, C. Wyville (Charles Wyville), Sir, 1830-1882; Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885; Jeffreys, John Gwyn, 1809-1885. London ; New York : Macmillan and co.
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