T H E research trawler Ernest Holt-named after a pioneer fishery naturalist- was built for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to carry out hydrographical and biological research in the area of the English arctic fishery at all seasons of the year (Fig. 1). In 1949 it was believed that work in...
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| Summary: | T H E research trawler Ernest Holt-named after a pioneer fishery naturalist- was built for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to carry out hydrographical and biological research in the area of the English arctic fishery at all seasons of the year (Fig. 1). In 1949 it was believed that work in the Barents Sea would be possible through the winter, given a sufficiently good sea-ship, which she has proved to be, and one that is generously heated and lighted. The effects on the operators of darkness, cold, and bad weather, have not usually proved serious, and no explorers ’ hardships have had to be endured; nor any heroic feats performed. Nevertheless, it may be noted that he margin of practicability has not been large. It has been necessary to reduce all operations to the simplest possible form, foregoing anything too clever, either in apparatus or in aims. For example, at the beginning the number of thermometers lost or broken was lamentably high, higher than could be readily explained to those who had not participated in the work. The circumstances of every loss or breakage have been reviewed, and have always been found to be due to some mistake in handling that the staff would not normally be |
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