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H.M.S Challenger
[23-Feb-09] From 1872 to 1876, the H.M.S. Challenger sampled the global ocean - including salinity measurements at depth - heralding the beginning of oceanography as a science discipline. Credit: Wikipedia Commons.View: Click on the image to enlarge. Click on the Escape key or anywhere outside the shadowbox to close.
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