Challenger expedition
Challenger expedition (1872–5)The first expedition to explore the deep oceans, led by John Murray, in the British naval ship HMS
Challenger. With a staff of biologists, chemists, and geologists, the expedition surveyed the Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic, and Pacific Oceans, taking soundings and collecting specimens in dredges. Results of research into the material collected during the expedition were published between 1880 and 1895 as a long series of reports. The extent of the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge was first demonstrated by the crew of the
Challenger. See also
Thomson, SirCharlesWyville.
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Opinion: Histories.(HMS Challenger global expedition, experienced by Joe Matkin)
Magazine article from: New Scientist; 12/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...just four days away. HMS Challenger, a British warship stripped...had just set out on a global expedition to explore Earth's last...three-and-a-half years, Challenger would criss-cross the oceans...first Christmas aboard HMS Challenger. And as he confessed to his...
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Team of 15 young challengers complete DHL expedition to A' Sharqiya desert in Oman.(DHL International )
News Wire article from: Middle East; 2/28/2007; 700+ words
; ...Cultures Desert Crossing Expedition reached its grand finale recently when the 15 young challengers from six countries returned...the world in this exciting expedition had their strength and endurance...20 years of running youth expeditions, I have never witnessed...that took place during this ...
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Team of 15 young challengers complete DHL expedition to A' Sharqiya desert in Oman
Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba; 2/28/2007; 681 words
; ...Cultures Desert Crossing Expedition reached its grand finale recently when the 15 young challengers from six countries returned...the world in this exciting expedition had their strength and endurance...20 years of running youth expeditions, I have never witnessed...that took place during this ...
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Deep-Spied Fish: Atlantic Expeditions Uncover Secret Sex Life of Deep-Sea Nomads.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 2/21/2006; 700+ words
; ...trawling activities. MAR-ECO research expeditions have also led to the discovery of...extremely limited. Not since the famous Challenger Expedition in the 1870s has a research project...date, which has included two main expeditions, is strong evidence that deep-sea...
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Discovery Channel Launches Expedition to Locate World War II Heavy Cruiser, USS Indianapolis, Sunk in the Philippine Sea on July 30, 1945.
PR Newswire; 6/2/2000; 700+ words
; ...including the space shuttle Challenger and TWA Flight 800. For this expedition, Newport will scour the...Discovery Channel launched Expedition Adventure, its most ambitious...funds and films breakthrough expeditions such as Newport's, to...them on film. For this expedition, the resulting ...
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CHALLENGER DATA HELPS FIND LOST ARABIAN CITY
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 2/5/1992; 588 words
; ...taken from space shuttle Challenger, explorers said Tuesday. Expedition leaders Nicholas Clapp and...optical cameras carried by Challenger in October 1984, said Ronald...Laboratory in Pasadena. Challenger exploded after liftoff on...
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At Sea With The Scientifics: The Challenger Letters of Joseph Matkin.
Magazine article from: Canadian Geographic; 5/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...chronicle of a landmark expedition The voyage of the HMS Challenger as one of the longest, most productive oceanographic expeditions in history, and is considered...interactions on the vessel. The Challenger cruised from the edge of...career he took up when the expedition ended. The ...
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The Silent Landscape: The Scientific voyage of HMS Challenger.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Natural History; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...John Franklin's ill-fated expedition to the Arctic. Yet only two...book!) featured the HMS Challenger, which carried out the most...Victorian era. The obscurity of Challenger's voyage is understandable...surpassing importance. HMS Challenger left Portsmouth, England...
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Deep-Sea Challenge, the John Murray/Mabahiss Expedition to the Indian Ocean, 1933-34. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: Marine Fisheries Review; 9/22/1988; 678 words
; ...the John Murray/Mabahiss Expedition to the indian Ocean, 1933...the John Murray/ Mabahiss Expedition was a significant one, pointing...John Murray bequest for the expedition and the organization of it...wrote 1,600 pages of the Challenger reports and coauthored a like...
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Discovery Channel Launches Expedition to Find and Recover the Liberty Bell-7 Space Capsule.
Business Wire; 4/16/1999; 700+ words
; ...sponsoring and funding this expedition, will plunge three miles...Leading the Discovery Channel expedition is Curt Newport, a Remote...such as the Space Shuttle Challenger and TWA Flight 800, and...Discovery Channel's successful expeditions to the RMS Titanic. He...capsule. The timing of the ...
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Challenger Expedition
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Challenger expedition The British Navy vessel H.M.S. Challenger circumnavigated the world between December 1872...totaling almost 30,000 pages. Data from the Challenger expedition are still cited occasionally in modern scientific...
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Challenger expedition
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Challenger expedition British oceanographic expedition under...in the converted 18-gun corvette Challenger, the first vessel specifically equipped...record 26,900-ft (8,200-m) Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench; the discovery...
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Challenger, HMS
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Challenger, HMS, a screw steam corvette...important oceanographic expedition of the era. After being...senior scientist aboard the Challenger was Wyville Thomson (1830...completed two oceanographic expeditions to discover more about what...During the voyage the Challenger took hundreds of ...
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M‘intosh, William Carmichael
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...collections from the Porcupine and Challenger expeditions were assigned to him for...Annelida of the Porcupine Expeditions of 1869 and 1870, ”...during the years 1873-1876 , Challenger Expedition, Zool., XII (London...
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Murray, John
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...half years aboard H.M.S. Challenger . At thirty-one he was the...default, the newest of the Challenger expedition ’ s scientific quests...Murray ’ s work aboard Challenger , and there was no agreement...
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