. 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. PELAGIC ANIMAL LIFE 651 fabricii^^r^ taken on our Atlantic cruise between Newfoundland and Ireland (at Stations 70, 80, 81, and 94, covering a wide expanse of ocean); such larvae have never been taken by us in the Norwegian Sea. As a working hypothesis we may suppose that in spring and summer Gonatus migrat
. 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. PELAGIC ANIMAL LIFE 651 fabricii^^r^ taken on our Atlantic cruise between Newfoundland and Ireland (at Stations 70, 80, 81, and 94, covering a wide expanse of ocean); such larvae have never been taken by us in the Norwegian Sea. As a working hypothesis we may suppose that in spring and summer Gonatus migrates into the Norwegian Sea from the Atlantic, just as the " bottle-nose " is universally believed to do. The same remark probably applies to the interesting giant squid, ArchiteutJiis dux, a specimen of which (see Fig. 484) was ArchUeuthis. found floating at the surface to the north of the Faroe Islands during a cruise with the " Michael Sars " in 1902. This speci- men was not large, but in 1903 in Ice- land I had the oppor- tunity of making an interesting observa- tion, showing the gigantic dimensions of these squids. On the 15th of August the " Michael Sars " arrived in Mofjord on the east coast of Iceland, and visited the local whaling sta- tion. On the shore were two freshly caught whales, one a north-caper,the other a cachalot. Inspecting the cachalot I saw around its enormous jaws several long parallel stripes (see Fig. 485), consisting, as closer scrutiny revealed, of great numbers of circular scars or wounds about 27 mm. in diameter; Fig. 486 shows a piece of the skin with these scars. It occurred to me that these scars must have been left by the suckers of a giant squid, and following up this idea I found in the whale's mouth a piece of a squid - tentacle 17 cm. in maximum diameter. In the stomach of the whale many squid-beaks of various sizes were found, the largest measuring 9 cm. in length, besides some fish bones, and the men who had sh
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