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Voyage of the Challenger: The Atlantic - A Preliminary Account of the General Results of the Exploring Voyage of HMS Challenger during the Year 1873 and the Early Part of the Year 1876 (Paperback)
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Voyage of the Challenger: The Atlantic - A Preliminary Account of the General Results of the Exploring Voyage of HMS Challenger during the Year 1873 and the Early Part of the Year 1876 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration, Volume 1
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In 1871 the British government agreed to support an expedition to
collect physical and chemical data and biological specimens from
the world's oceans. Led by Charles Wyville Thomson (1830 82), the
expedition used HMS Challenger, refitted with laboratories. They
sailed nearly 70,000 nautical miles around the world, took
soundings and water samples at hundreds of stops along the way, and
discovered more than 4,000 new marine species. Noted for the
discovery of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Pacific's deepest
trench, the expedition laid the foundations for modern
oceanography. This acclaimed two-volume account, first published in
1877, summarises the major discoveries for the Atlantic legs of
this pioneering voyage. Illustrated with plates and woodcuts,
Volume 1 describes the laboratories and equipment, the observations
from Portsmouth via Tenerife to the Caribbean, and the detailed
studies on the Gulf Stream."
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