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  • Mediterranean Sea
    Mediterranean Sea
    / Study and exploration

    …the Danish expedition in the Thor in 1908–10, which covered as much of the Mediterranean Sea as possible with regard to pelagic (open-sea) animal life and its dependence on hydrographic (flow) conditions; the seasonal circulation between the western and eastern basins and between the Balearic and Tyrrhenian seas also was…

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    …the Danish expedition in the Thor in 1908–10, which covered as much of the Mediterranean Sea as possible with regard to pelagic (open-sea) animal life and its dependence on hydrographic (flow) conditions; the seasonal circulation between the western and eastern basins and between the Balearic and Tyrrhenian seas also was…

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