Mapping the Deep: a review
A short introduction to the deep sea research from Robert Kunzig's excellent history of oceanography.
Category Ocean research: a history
Challenger Deep & the Democratization of Science
“It never occurred to me that my early life was anything but normal. I was aware that not everyone had a father and an uncle who disappeared into the sky in balloons. This is something the Piccards did, though. Some…
Madeira & The Deep
One hundred and fifty years ago today, on the 21st December 1872, the HMS Challenger embarked on a voyage of discovery. Marking the birth of oceanography, the Scottish-led expedition circumnavigated the globe on its hunt for areas of oceanographic and…