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A BRITISH scientific expedition is on its way to the Antarctic whaling grounds on board the new whale-factory ship Balaena, which has been equipped with a laboratory for biochemical and physiological wort with specially designed apparatus for use at sea. The expedition has been organised by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research on the initiative of Dr. Franklin Kidd, superintendent of the Low Temperature Research Station, Cambridge. It has as its main aim a study of the fuller utilization of the large potential supplies of whale meat protein for human food in view of the present world shortage of high-grade protein. Its secondary aim is the general one of advancing knowledge of the physiology and biochemistry of the whale. The expedition has been made possible by the collaboration of Messrs. United Whalers Ltd., who generously provided a laboratory and facilities for the investigations on board their new ship.
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CASE, R. SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO THE ANTARCTIC WHALING GROOUNDS, 1946-47. Nature 159, 88 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159088a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/159088a0