Figure 30. Nansen releasing devices used for closing plankton nets. This device was invented by Fridthof Nansen about 1900 and apparently used aboard theMICHAEL SARS. A messenger activated this mechanism which in turn strangledthe net by closing of
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Photographer: Y. Berard
Credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Subject: Oceanography