Show to study habits of whale the government of the falkland islands has purchased the famous belp the discovery which it plans to use chiefly tor for re earch work in the south atlantic the ship was used by captain scott for the british expedition to the south polar regions from froin 1901 to 1001 the chief task for which the falkland islands government wants the discovery Is to study tile the habits of the whale to ascertain the geographical limits of the stock trace their migrations and to form some idea of their numbers and the rate of reproduction the expedition also will do research work in oceanography meteorology and maguet magnetism tsin |