Science: The Sea

During the past week, the following reports of oceanographic activities were made:

Beebe. From the Galapagos Islands, Explorer William Beebe (TiME, Apr. 27) gave notice that he was returning to Panama for coal, water and ammonia for his ship, the Arc turns. He had discovered a new island and named it after Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn, President of the American Museum of Natural History. He had caught, among other curious denizens of the deep, a fish with long, jointed, lighted rods issuing from its head.

Bingham. Into Miami cruised the black Pawnee, sleek...

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