Description: "This is the third volume to be published dealing with oceanographic researches on the life of the waters about Nonsuch, Bermuda ... These studies have been carried on by Dr. William Beebe and his staff, Mr. John Tee-Van, Miss Gloria Hollister and Miss Jocelyn Crane, of the Department of Tropical Research of the Zoological Society ... The present volume describes the various descents made by Dr. Beebe and Mr. Barton in the steel ball known as the Bathysphere ..."--Preface.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "This is the third volume to be published dealing with oceanographic researches on the life of the waters about Nonsuch, Bermuda ... These studies have been carried on by Dr.…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: "The avowed objects of the Arcturus Expedition were the investigation of the Sargasso Sea and the Humboldt Current. Owing to continual storms the former was in such a disintegrated condition that I soon decided to postpone detailed study until a more favorable time. In the Pacific, to our surprise, we found that there was absolutely no trace of the Humboldt Current about the Galapagos. The inexplicable absence of this great, cold, Antarctic current was more than made up for by the presence of equally unexpected natural conditions. Among the totally unexpected and inestimably valuable phenomena -- the high lights of the expedition -- were the great volcanic eruption on Albemarle [. . .]; the albatross rookery on Hood [. . .]; the remarkable results of hundreds of dives in a copper helmet and bathing suit [. . .]; the temporary current rip in mid-ocean [. . .]; and the deep sea work in the submerged Hudson Gorge, only one hundred miles from New York City [. . .]. Finally, the accomplishment which, scientifically, proved the most valuable of all, was the result of my decision to make a ten-day stay in one spot in mid-ocean [. . .], where continual dredging yielded very remarkable collections of fish and Crustacea, equivalent to any two months of the less intensive work" (pp. ix-x).

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "The avowed objects of the Arcturus Expedition were the investigation of the Sargasso Sea and the Humboldt Current. Owing to continual storms the former was in such a…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: "This volume might well be called Six Thousand Minutes of the Galapagos, for of the two and a half months' duration of the trip, less than one hundred hours were spent actually on the islands themselves. Although this brief expedition, to one of the least visited corners of the earth, was conceived and achieved in such recorded time, yet every home was consummated, every expectation realised. [...] During the trip we steamed a total distance of nine thousand miles, and crossed the equator eight times. Besides the Galapagos we touched at Charleston, Key West, Havana, Colon, and Panama."--Preface.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "This volume might well be called Six Thousand Minutes of the Galapagos, for of the two and a half months' duration of the trip, less than one hundred hours were spent…