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The catch is pulled on board |
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Reception at Hawaii (Honolulu) |
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The Frigate Galathea
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The frigate Galathea left Copenhagen on 15 October 1950 and sailed south around Africa to India, where the expedition, exactly like the first expedition, called at the Nicobar Islands. |






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GALATHEA REPORT Scientific Results of The Danish Deep-Sea Expedition Round the World 1950-52 ISSUED BY THE GALATHEA COMMITTEE Editor of Galathea 2 Reports: Torben Wolff |
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| ♦ | The majority of the direct scientific results based on material collected during the Galathea 2 Expedition have been published in the Galathea Report series (1956 to the present), comprising more than 4,000 pages in 20 volumes. On these webpages the contents of all papers published in the series are available as searcheable pdf-documents. For more information, please contact Associate Professor/Curator, Ph. D. Danny Eibye-Jacobsen or Curatorial Assistent: Majken Them Jensen |
| ♦ | The specimens from Galathea II, described in Galathea Report have been indexed by DanBIF (www.danbif.dk) and are searchable via GBIF (www.gbif.org). |
| Guestbook ( Illustration by Hakon Mielche) The Galathea 2 expedition also had representative obligations in the harbours it visited. It therefore brought a guestbook in which more than 3000 people have signed their name, even some with their fingerprint. |
♦ Background information about the Galathea 2 Expedition |
| Latest update: september 23rd 2007 |
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| Volume 01 - Galathea 2 - Report Copenhagen 1957 - 59 |
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| ♦ Contents. pp 001-006 .................................................................................................................................................. | galathea-vol.01-pp_001-006 (pdf......777 kb) | |
| ♦ BRUUN, ANTON F.: General indroduction to the reports and list of deep-sea stations. pp 007-048 .......................... | galathea-vol.01-pp_007-048 (pdf...3.468 kb) | |
| ♦ NIELSEN, ERIK STEEMANN & AABYE JENSEN: Primary oceanic production. The autotrophic production of organic matter in the oceans. pp 049-136 ........................................................................................................................... |
galathea-vol.01-pp_049-136 (pdf...8.475 kb) | |
| ♦ BRAARUD, TRYGVE: A red water organism from Walvis Bay. pp 137-138 .............................................................. | galathea-vol.01-pp_137-138 (pdf......366 kb) | |
| ♦ ZOBELL, CLAUDE E. & RICHARD Y. MORITA: Deep-Sea Bacteria. pp 139-154 ........................................................ | galathea-vol.01-pp_139-154 (pdf...1.548 kb) | |
| ♦ KIILERICH, ALF.: Bathymetric features of the Philippine Trench. pp 155-172 ............................................................. | galathea-vol.01-pp_155-172 (pdf...1.189 kb) | |
| ♦ KRAMP, POUL L.: Stephanoscyphus (Scyphozoa) pp 173-188 ................................................................................. | galathea-vol.01-pp_173-188 (pdf...1.089 kb) | |
| ♦ MILLAR, R. H.: Ascidiacea. pp 189-210 ...................................................................................................................... Plate 01 (pdf......181 kb) |
galathea-vol.01-pp_189-210 (pdf...1.597 kb) | |
| ♦ DAHL, ERIK: Amphipoda from depths exceeding 6000 meters. pp 211-242 .............................................................. | galathea-vol.01-pp_211-242 (pdf...2.031 kb) | |
| ♦ PICKFORD, GRACE E.: Vampyromorpha. pp 243-254 ................................................................................................ | galathea-vol.01-pp_243-254 (pdf.... .898 kb) | |
| ♦ ROFEN, ROBERT R.: The whale-fishes: Families Cetomimidae, Barbourisiidae and Rondeletiidae (Order Cetunculi). pp 255-260 ................................................................................................................................. |
galathea-vol.01-pp_255-260 (pdf......655 kb) | |
| Volume 02 - Galathea 2 - Report Copenhagen 1956 ♦ CORRIGENDA to volume 2 (pdf.......83 kb) |
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| ♦ Contents. pp 001-006 ............................................. .................................................................................................... | galathea-vol.02-pp_001-006 (pdf........65 kb) | |
| ♦ Forewords by the executive editors. pp 007-008 ....................................................................................................... | galathea-vol.02-pp_007-008 (pdf........25 kb) | |
| ♦ CARLGREEN, OSCAR: Actiniaria from depths exceeding 6000 meters. pp 009-016 ................................................. Plate 01 (pdf..1.070 kb) |
galathea-vol.02-pp_009-016 (pdf......635 kb) | |
| ♦ KRAMP, POUL.L.: Hydroids from depths exceeding 6000 meters. pp 017-020 ......................................................... | galathea-vol.02-pp_017-020 (pdf......398 kb) | |
| ♦ MADSEN, FRITZ JENSENIUS: Primmoella krampi n. sp. A new deep-sea octocoral. pp 021-022 ........................... | galathea-vol.02-pp_021-022 (pdf......145 kb) | |
| ♦ MADSEN, FRITZ JENSENIUS: Echinoidea, Asteroidea, and Ophiuroidea from depths exceeding 6000 meters. pp 023-032 ................................................................................................................................................................. Plate 01 (pdf..1.443 kb) |
galathea-vol.02-pp_023-032 (pdf......692 kb) | |
| ♦ HANSEN, BENT: Holothurioidea from depths exceeding 6000 meters. pp 023-054 ................................................... | galathea-vol.02-pp_033-054 (pdf...1.765 kb) | |
| ♦ HANSEN, BENT & FRITZ JENSENIUS MADSEN: On two bathypelagic holothurians from the South China Sea. Glatheathuria n. g. aspera (Théel) and Enypniastes globosa n. sp. pp 055-060 .................................................. Plate 01 (pdf.....980 kb) |
galathea-vol.02-pp_055-060 (pdf......490 kb) | |
| ♦ GILSÉN, TORSTEN: Crinoids from depths exceeding 6000 meters. pp 061-062 ........................................................ Plate 01 (pdf.....549 kb) |
galathea-vol.02-pp_061-062 (pdf......153 kb) | |
| ♦ KIRKEGAARD, JØRGEN B.: Benthic Polychaeta from depths exceeding 6000 meters. pp 063-078 .......................... | galathea-vol.02-pp_063-078 (pdf...1.158 kb) | |
| ♦ KIRKEGAARD, JØRGEN B.: Pogonophora. Galathealinum bruuni n. gen. n. sp., a new representative of the class. pp 079-084 ................................................................................................................................................................. |
galathea-vol.02-pp_079-084 (pdf......352 kb) | |
| ♦ WOLFF, TORBEN: Isopoda from depths exceeding 6000 meters. pp 085-158 .......................................................... | galathea-vol.02-pp_085-158 (pdf...5.560 kb) | |
| ♦ FAGE, LOUIS: Les Pycnogonides du genre Nymphon. pp 159-166 ........................................................................... | galathea-vol.02-pp_159-166 (pdf......429 kb) | |
| ♦ FAGE, LOUIS: Les Pycnogonides (excl. le genre Nymphon). pp 167-182 ................................................................. | galathea-vol.02-pp_167-182 (pdf...1.138 kb) | |
| ♦ KIRKEGAARD, JØRGEN B.: Pogonophora. First records from the Eastern Pacific. pp 183-186 ................................ | galathea-vol.02-pp_183-186 (pdf......615 kb) | |
| ♦ WOLFF, TORBEN: Crustacea Tanaidacea from depths exceeding 6000 meters. pp 187-242 ................................... | galathea-vol.02-pp_187-242 (pdf...4.161 kb) | |
| ♦ WIESER, WOLFGANG: Some free-living marine nematodes. pp 243-254 .................................................................. | galathea-vol.02-pp_243-254 (pdf......686 kb) | |
| Volume 03 - Galathea 2 - Report Copenhagen 1959 ♦ ERRATA to volume 3 (pdf.......18 kb) |
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| ♦ Contents. pp 001-006 .................................................................................................................................................... | galathea-vol.03-pp_001-006 (pdf........47 kb) | |
| ♦ Forewords by the editors. pp 007-008 ........................................................................................................................ | galathea-vol.03-pp_007-008 (pdf........25 kb) | |
| ♦ LEMCHE, HENNING and KARL GEORG WINGSTRAND: The anatomy of Neopolina galathea Lemche, 1957 (Mollusca Tryblidiacea). pp 009-072 ......................................................................................................................... |
galathea-vol.03-pp_009-072 (pdf...5.307 kb) | |
| Plates 01 to 10 - fig.001-037 (pdf..5.852 kb) - Plates 11 to 20 - fig.038-072 (pdf..5.496 kb) - Plates 21 to 30 - fig.073-104 (pdf..6.749 kb) | Plates 31 to 40 - fig.105-129 (pdf..1.883 kb) - Plates 41 to 56 - fig.130-169 (pdf..2.155 kb) | |
| ♦ SCHMIDT, W. J.: Bemerkungen zur Schalenstruktur von Neopolina galatheae. pp 073-078 ...................................... | galathea-vol.03-pp_073-078 (pdf......449 kb) | Plates 01 & 02 (pdf..1.159 kb) |
| ♦ MUNK, OLE: The eyes of Ipnops murrayi Günther, 1878. pp 079-087 ........................................................................ | galathea-vol.03-pp_079-087 (pdf......726 kb) | |
| Plates 01 & 02 (pdf.....790 kb) | ||
| Volume 04 - Galathea 2 - Report Copenhagen 1961 |
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| ♦ Contents. pp 001-006 .................................................................................................................................................. | galathea-vol.04-pp_001-006 (pdf........54 kb) | |
| ♦ KIRKEGAARD, JØRGEN B.: Pogonophora III. The genus Lamellisabella. pp 007-010 ................................................ | galathea-vol.04-pp_007-010 (pdf......253 kb) | |
| ♦ WOLFF, TORBEN: Description of a remarkable deep-sea hermit crab, with notes on the evolution of the Paguridea . pp 011-032 ..................................................................................................................................... |
galathea-vol.04-pp_011-032 (pdf...1.895 kb) | |
| ♦ MADSEN, FRITZ JENSENIUS: The Porcellanasteridae. A monographic revision of an abyssal group of sea-stars. pp 033-176 ................................................................................................................................................................. |
galathea-vol.04-pp_033-176(pdf..11.990 kb) | |
| Plates 01-03 (pdf...5.018 kb) - Plates 04-06 (pdf...4.674 kb) - Plates 07-09 (pdf...4.389 kb) - Plates 10-13 (pdf...6.036 kb) | ||
| ♦ MADSEN, FRITZ JENSENIUS: On the zoogeography and origin of the abyssal fauna, in view of the knowledge of the Porcellanasteridae. pp 177-218 .................................................................................................................... |
galathea-vol.04-pp_177-218 (pdf...3.560 kb) | |
| ♦ NIELSEN, JØRGEN: Heterosamata (Pisces). pp 218-226 ............................................................................................ | galathea-vol.04-pp_219-226 (pdf......669 kb) | |
| Plate 14 (pdf.....923 kb) | ||
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