[2] Beebe said of the female crew members: "If it were feasible, I would have my entire scientific party made up of [women], just as readily as not.
The female crew members of the Arcturus expedition were Isabel Cooper, Marie Poland Fish, Ruth Rose, Lillian Segal, Helen Tee-Van, and Elizabeth S.
[4] Poland Fish was an oceanographer and marine biologist who worked for the United States Bureau of Fisheries prior to the Arcturus expedition and eventually assisted with the founding of the Narragansett Marine Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island, along with being awarded the U.S. Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
[7] Tee-Van was a science artist for the Zoological Society, and Trotter was a fisheries scientist who focused on vertebrate study during the expedition.
[1] The book's fourteen chapters consist of personal writings, documentation on the vessel and its workings, photographs, and illustrations.