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THE John Murray Expedition has now completed its first three months' work, during which time the H.E.M.S. Mabahiss has made four cruises, each of approximately three weeks' duration, namely, (1) down the Red Sea and round the head of the Gulf of Aden between Perim and Aden; (2) around the Gulf of Aden and out into the Indian Ocean to the south-east of Socotra; (3) along the southern and south-eastern coast of Arabia; and (4) up the Gulf of Oman. We have thus completed our programme of work across the northern part of the Arabian Sea and have carried out observations at 90 stations, of which 18 were in the Red Sea and the Straits of Bab el Mandeb, 20 in the Gulf of Aden or to the south-east of Socotra, 27 along the coast of Arabia, and 25 in the Gulf of Oman and its approaches. Of these stations, 15 have been ‘complete’ ones, including both physico-chemical and biological observations; at 41, physico-chemical observations only have been made; trawls or dredges have been carried out at 37; and at 8, observations have been made with the Priestman grab.
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SEWELL, R. The John Murray Expedition to the Arabian Sea. Nature 133, 86–89 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133086a0
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