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Excerpt from A Memoir on the Echinodermata of the Arctic Sea to the West of Greenland
The Echinodermata which form the subject of this memoir were collected during the voyage of H.M.SS. 'Alert' and 'Discovery, ' under the command of Sir George S. Nares, R.N., K.C.B., F.R.S., to the Polar Sea, by the Naturalists attached to the Expedition, Capt. (now Major) H. W. Feilden and Mr. Hart. The greater number were obtained from 79° 20' N. lat. to 82° 27' N. lat. inclusive - that is, from Franklin-Pierce Bay to Floeberg Beach. Some forms were captured on the outward voyage, in 65° N. lat.; and others were dredged in the Expedition of H.M.S. 'Valorous, ' between 66° 56' and 70° 30' N. lat., by Dr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys. F.R.S. One specimen was taken by Mr. A. C. Horner (who accompanied Sir Allen Young in the 'Pandora'), in Smith's Sound, 78° 19' N. lat. The Arctic Circle has been regarded as our southern limit.
The collections were made under great difficulties, and especially those from the highest latitudes: dredging, when the tangles froze on coming out of the sea, could not be attempted frequently. Nevertheless the specimens collected were numerous. They were carefully cleaned; and some were preserved in spirit, and others were permitted to dry.
After being deposited at the Royal Society in 1877, the collection was forwarded to the British Museum. Dr. Günther, F.R.S., confided the specimens to the authors of this Memoir; and we wrote a brief description of them in the 'Annals & Magazine of Natural History, ' 1877, vol. xx. pp. 449-470.
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