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War/famine
Disease/epidemic |
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First explorers
30,000 years ago, started migrating across the pacific
Hawaiian islands, papa new guinea, phillipines |
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Reflection of islands in the clouds
Followed birds
Stars
Swells
Stick charts
Smell of water |
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Thor Heyerdahl
Tried to mimic what early explorers were doing --- 1940’s |
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Herodotus
Navigation limited to medit. Sea
Red sea: phytoplankton dominated
Eratosthenes---dis. Accurate circumference of world
• Difference from Alexandria, syene 7 degress
• 40,032 km =world |
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Erik the R. : Discovered Greenland
Bjarni Herjolfson: 1st to see newfoundland
Leif Eriksson: discovered north america |
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Sophisticated vessels
Massive expedition
Scurvy prevention with Vit. C
Grow vegetables on there boat |
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Explored the coast of Antarctica
Mapped the Oregon territory and San Fran Bay
Thoroughly explored Hawaii
Lt. Charles Wilkes
Details on currents, temps, changes in water |
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Father of Oceanography
Tract how tides change/winds
Notice sea state
Physical Geography of the Sea
1st person to devote full time to the study of the ocean
movement from gentleman’s hobby → career in oceanography |
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led by charles wyville thompson
Wanted to understand ocean: chemistry, animals,
70,000 nautical miles in n. and s. Atlantic and pacific
found marianas trench in w. pacific
depth of water
chemical/physical examination of water
tow net
temperature observations
motivation: is there life at depth, Darwin (origin of species)
133 dredges
discovered 4,700 new species |
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| Azoics Theory: no life in the deep ocean (greater than 550 m)-false |
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Neurobiologist, nobel peace prize, alpine skiing
Cross Greenland ice sheet
Siberia drift wood --→ water under artic ice
Boat built to cut in ice for north pole provisions for 5 year
Drifted 2km per day got within 250 miles of the pole |
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US fish commission, instit. For science
NOA: national ocean and atmospheric
MBL:Marine Biological Library |
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William Beebe and Otis Barton built
Dropped 900 m into the ocean |
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Walsh and Piccard 1960’s
go down to Marrianas trench US Navy
6 hours to get down |
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| Safely transported over 2500 researchers on more than 4400 dives to depths of 14000 |
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| Joint Oceanographic institutes for Deep earth sampling ship that takes sample of ocean sediment |
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measure:
Ocean height
Waves
Temperature
Chl a (plant productivity)---chlorophyl
bacteria/viruses |
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