THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATUKAL HISTOKY. [FIFTH SERIES.] No. 34. OCTOBEE 1880. XXXII.— The Zoology of Barents Sea. By W. S. M. D'Ukban, F.L.S., Curator of the Devon and Exeter Albert Memorial Museum. Through the spirited exertions of the Dutch geographers a small vessel of 79 tons, named the ' Willem Barents,' was fitted out at Amsterdam by subscription, and made two voyages to Barents Sea, between Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya, in the summers of 1878 and 1879 *. The objects of these expeditions were to examine the state and position of the ice in Barents Sea and, if possible, in the Kara Sea, also to take deep-sea soundings with serial temperatures, and thus supply important contributions to our knowledge of that interesting region. Magnetic and meteorological observations were also to be taken, and natural-history collections to be diligently made at every opportunity. Mr. W. J. A. Grant, a gentleman well known for his skill as a photographer, accompanied both these expeditions, and each time brought back with him some bottles fillea 1 with animals dredged in Barents Sea, and preserved in spirits. These he very gene-rously presented to the Museum under my charge. The bottles were carefully labelled with the dates, latitudes, longi-tudes, and depths at which the specimens were obtained j and * Accounts of these voyages will be found in the ' Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society' for January and November 1879. See also the ' Illustrated London News ' for January 25, 1879, and January 31, 1880. Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 5. Vol. vi. 38
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