The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. 5Our knowledge of the Pennatulids rests in several respects on a rather slight footing, this holds good also for the apparently so well examined Scandinavian forms, in spite of the numerous and beautiful treatises which have appeared from Norwegian scientists. I have tried personally therefore to examine all the forms that have hitherto been described from the coast-regions of Scandinavia, as well as the forms from the territory adjoining the one which was investigated by the ingolf. For this purpose I have examined the collections in Christiania, Bergen and Stockholm, from the museums in these towns I have received later all that I wished to examine more closely and to compare with our own material here in Copenhagen, for this great liberality I beg to offer my best thanks to Professors R. Collett and Hj. Theel, and to Conservators Dr. A. Appelléf and Mr. J. Grieg. I have further had the opportunity at the British Museum of bringing into the comparison part of the material of the challenger-expedition, on the other hand, I have searched in vain in several English museums for the Pennatulids from the expeditions of the porcupine, the triton.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.