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“THE SEAS
The progress of oceanog—r‘aphy, therefore, must march side
by side with the advanceof the sciences of which it is built up.
The rst true oceanographical expedition
'
sailed when
Captain james Cook Started on his voyage of discovery
in
1768 in the Ehdeavoùn
On this expedition both
temperature observations and deep sea. soundings
made, and included in “theship’s company were an
mer and a .note‘d biologist;
_.
_
From this time onwards until. about 1860 many explora—
tory voyageswere undertakenon which true oceanographical
work was carried out, such asthe expedition to the Antarctic
in 1839 in the Erebus and Terror under Sir james Ross.
At this period also theknowlèdge of marine zoology and
'botany grow quickly and new facts were being discovered
by naturalists who Went out in naval surveying
In.-1831 Charles Darwin sailed in H.M.S. Beagle ; in 1846
H.M.S. Rattlesnake took with her Thomas Huxley, and in
1860 H.M.S. Bulldog went cruising withG. C. Wallich on
board.
Littlewas, however, known of the life on the deep
ocean beds, and it was generally believed that the condi—
tions found there would Completely prohibit the existence
'
of living« animals.
0cCasionally organiems ”had been '
brought up attached to deep sea sounding—leads, but there
was the possibility that these had become entangled while the
rope
and lead were hauled through the upper water layers.
!
'More substantial evidencethat liferèally existed at the
;
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great depths came When submarine cables were invented,
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and the, salving of broken Cables showed growth of
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them.
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.
,
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.
In. 1868, H_..M.S Lightning, followed later by HM.S
.
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Poï-cujäz‘nç, proceeded with 'naturalists on board to ‘sèttle
_
the Question once and for allby deep sea dredging.
can
-.
imagine the suspense of "the little group of men on board.
_
the dredge Was. at last nearing the surface ; for deep
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-
_
“THE SEAS
The progress of oceanog—r‘aphy, therefore, must march side
by side with the advanceof the sciences of which it is built up.
The rst true oceanographical expedition
'
sailed when
Captain james Cook Started on his voyage of discovery
in
1768 in the Ehdeavoùn
On this expedition both
temperature observations and deep sea. soundings
made, and included in “theship’s company were an
mer and a .note‘d biologist;
_.
_
From this time onwards until. about 1860 many explora—
tory voyageswere undertakenon which true oceanographical
work was carried out, such asthe expedition to the Antarctic
in 1839 in the Erebus and Terror under Sir james Ross.
At this period also theknowlèdge of marine zoology and
'botany grow quickly and new facts were being discovered
by naturalists who Went out in naval surveying
In.-1831 Charles Darwin sailed in H.M.S. Beagle ; in 1846
H.M.S. Rattlesnake took with her Thomas Huxley, and in
1860 H.M.S. Bulldog went cruising withG. C. Wallich on
board.
Littlewas, however, known of the life on the deep
ocean beds, and it was generally believed that the condi—
tions found there would Completely prohibit the existence
'
of living« animals.
0cCasionally organiems ”had been '
brought up attached to deep sea sounding—leads, but there
was the possibility that these had become entangled while the
rope
and lead were hauled through the upper water layers.
!
'More substantial evidencethat liferèally existed at the
;
_
great depths came When submarine cables were invented,
-‘
and the, salving of broken Cables showed growth of
»
them.
-
_
.
,
_
-
.
In. 1868, H_..M.S Lightning, followed later by HM.S
.
__
Poï-cujäz‘nç, proceeded with 'naturalists on board to ‘sèttle
_
the Question once and for allby deep sea dredging.
can
-.
imagine the suspense of "the little group of men on board.
_
the dredge Was. at last nearing the surface ; for deep