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Description: | A large number of D'Arcy Thompson's specimens were gifted to him from various scientific expeditions. These included the Porcupine Sea Dedging Expeditions of 1869-70, the Challenger oceanographic expedition of 1872-6, the North North Atlantic Expedition of 1876-8, the Knight Errant expedition to the Faeroe Channel in 1880, the Triton expedition (also to the Faeroe channel) of 1882, the Willem Barents expedition to the Kara Sea of 1883, the RIA dredging expedition of 1885, the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-3, D'Arcy Thompson's own expeditions to the Bering Sea in 1896-7 and the Danish Ingolf Expedition of 1903. Later specimens were acquired by Professor Peacock from the Discovery Investigations of 1938. Most of the material is marine life in spirit, including sea pens, sea cucumbers, jellyfish, starfish, sea urchins, sea squirts and sponges. | Format: | skulls mounted specimens stuffed animals skeletons spirit specimens dried specimens | Subjects: | Zoology | Source: | University of Dundee | Address: | 5-7 Hawkhill Place,
DD1 4HN | Creator: | D'Arcy Thompson, AD Peacock and others | Contributor: | Accessioned by Museum Services from 1995 | Identifier: | DUNUC-CLD081 | Language: | en-GB | Relation: | DUNUC-CLD000 | Format: | skulls mounted specimens stuffed animals skeletons spirit specimens dried specimens |
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