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Discovery II: An Appreciation of the Work Done During her Third Commission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

J. M. Wordie
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The Royal Research ship, Discovery II, arrived at St Katherine's Dock, London, on July 4, thus completing her third commission, like the others of twenty months' duration so as to cover two Antarctic summer seasons. The scientific work has this time been in the charge of Dr N. A. Mackintosh, with Mr H. F. P. Herdman as chief hydrologist, and Lieutenant A. L. Nelson, R.N.R., in executive command.

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Polar Record , Volume 2 , Issue 10 , July 1935 , pp. 131 - 137
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1935

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1 The William Scoresby, with Mr G. VV. Rayner in charge, succeeded in marking a minimum of 729 whales; and during the same period Mr A. H. Laurie, in a catcher, hired at South Georgia from a whaling company, is estimated to have marked a further 467. Already about 40 of the marks have been recovered, and give an indication of the route which the whales take. It seems evident therefore that a proper form of marking has at last been found, and that this method of investigation will succeed.