Challenger expedition
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The Challenger expedition of 1872–1876 was a scientific programme that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography. The expedition was named after the naval vessel that undertook the t
HMS Challenger refitted at Sheerness in 1872, The Illustrated London News
Track of HMS Challenger from December 1872 until May 1876. The colour contours represent ocean surface density.
One of the original boxes containing the photographic negatives brought back from the expedition
HMS Challenger in the Southern Ocean, drawn by crewman Sub-lieutenant Herbert Swire
Challenger Deep
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The Challenger Deep is the deepest known point of the seabed of Earth, located in the western Pacific Ocean at the southern end of the Mariana Trench, in the ocean territory of the Federated States of
Challenger expedition
…discovery of this depth was a key finding of the expedition in broadening oceanographic knowledge about the ocean's depth and extent; the depression, the Challenger Deep, now bears the name of the vessel and its successor, HMS Challenger II, which in 1951 identified a depth of 5,944 fathoms nearby. Thomas Gaskell, the…
Chief Scientist Tom Gaskell, left, aboard HMS Challenger II, 1951
Research vessel Vityaz in Kaliningrad "Museum of world ocean"
The RV Hakuhō Maru
RV Yokosuka was used as the support ship for ROV Kaikō.