Abstract
The Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition left Göteborg on July 4 on board the 1,400-ton motor-schooner Albatross, which had been specially fitted out for the purpose at the Lindholmen shipyard with air-conditioned laboratories and accommodation for the scientific staff, dark rooms, workshops, cold-storage room, electric winches, etc. The main purpose of the cruise, which is expected to last for fifteen months, is to investigate the deep ocean bed and its deposits by means of new methods developed in Sweden during the war years. The first part of the cruise, between Madeira and Panama, has now been completed. Some of the results are here briefly summarized.
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PETTERSSON, H. The Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition. Nature 160, 559–560 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160559a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/160559a0
