Understanding the Oceans
Subtitle: A Century of Ocean Exploration
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: February 5, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781857287059
Subjects: Oceanography (seas); Marine sciences; Oceanography (General); Science; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology; Science / Geography; Earth Sciences - Geography; Environmental Science; 20th century; History
First sentence: The scientific circumnavigation of HMS Challenger from 1872 to 1876 is acknowledged as representing an important stage in the development of ocean science, if not its very beginning.