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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    November 2014
    April 2014
    ISBN:
    9781107476684
    9781108074834
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107476684
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.81kg, 648 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Life Sciences, Geography, Historical Geography, Zoology
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
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    Subjects:
    Life Sciences, Geography, Historical Geography, Zoology
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
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    The Challenger Expedition of 1872–6 was conceived to examine the deep sea floor worldwide and disprove the theory of a 'dead zone' in the oceans below a certain depth. Using a modified Royal Navy ship, the expedition sailed nearly 70,000 nautical miles across the globe, collecting oceanographic data and marine specimens, and laying the foundations for the science of oceanography by later publishing fifty volumes of reports. The naturalist Henry Moseley (1844–91) recounts the voyage in this 1879 work, covering visits to many remote islands and the taking of samples at hundreds of locations. The voyage's achievements included the collection of over 4,000 new marine species and the discovery of the world's deepest ocean trench (Challenger Deep). Moseley's observations on native peoples also proved important as traditional cultures were changing rapidly at the time. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts, this narrative illuminates an adventure of great scientific significance.

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