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“ Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances .”— Herodotus,  Histories

History of Ocean Exploration. “ Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances .”— Herodotus,  Histories. On our blackboard page – there is a link to register Register – use your bu email You have to pay a license fee ~ $25 dollars.

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“ Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances .”— Herodotus,  Histories

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  1. History of Ocean Exploration “Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.”—Herodotus, Histories

  2. On our blackboard page – there is a link to register Register – use your bu email You have to pay a license fee ~ $25 dollars

  3. 900-700 B.C. – Greeks began to travel outside the Med… Maybe named because of the phytoplankton that lives there- Trichodesmium…

  4. ~30,000 years ago – started migrating across the Pacific. Hokule’a -a traditional Polynesian canoe http://www.hokulea.com/worldwide-voyage/ http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/history-ocean/polynesian.html

  5. ~10,000 islands in the western Pacific • Colonized New Guinea ~30,000 years ago • Colonized Phillipines ~ 20,000 years ago • Colonized Hawaii – the farthest away from any land masses ~ 1500 years ago • Easter islands… • Genetic evidence suggest Polynesians populated Easter island around 1200 A.D.

  6. History of Hōkūleʻa and Polynesian Voyaging

  7. Early Navigation • Reflection of islands in the clouds. • Followed birds – eg. Frigate and terns – dawn/dusk patterns • Stars • Swells • Stick charts • Smell of the water

  8. Farthest known extent of European exploration before Columbus. • Erik the Red… sailed west from Iceland and discovered Greenland. • BjarniHerjolfsson – missed Greenland – is thought to be the first to see New Foundland. • -Leif Eriksson – son of Erik the red  set out to find New Foundland – and did - he named it Vinland because of the grapes…. But the Vikings left Greenland and Vinland – and were gone by around 1450.

  9. http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/images/viking_ship_gokstad.jpghttp://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/images/viking_ship_gokstad.jpg

  10. Zheng He (1371-1433)

  11. Captain James Cook – (1728-1779) Three Expeditions btw. (1768-1779): Endeavour Resolution Adventure

  12. The Cook Expeditions • Extensive Scientific Investigations • Arctic to Antarctic • Mapping of the Pacific Ocean • Depth Soundings • Winds and Currents • Subsurface Temperatures • Biological Sampling • General Geography of the Pacific & Atlantic

  13. 1831-1836

  14. United States Exploring Expedition (US Ex EX)1838 - 1842 Explored the coast of Antarctica Mapped the Oregon Territory and San Francisco Bay Thoroughly Explored Hawaii Lt. Charles Wilkes USS Vincennes in Disappointment Bay, Antarctica, during the Wilkes expedition.

  15. Lt. Matthew Maury Head of the U.S. Navy's Depot of Charts and Instruments. 1847-assembled the observations archived there into charts of winds, currents, and sea state throughout the trade routes. 1855-Author of the first oceanography textbook The Physical Geography of the Sea. Father of Physical Oceanography Probably, the first person to devote full time to the study of the ocean.

  16. Lead by Charles WyvilleThompson – Departed on December 7, 1872

  17. December 1872 -24 May 1876, H.M.S. Challenger traversed 68,890 nautical miles. Sampled in the North and South Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; Travelled north of the limits of drift ice in the North Atlantic polar seas and south of the Antarctic Circle. the Marianas Trench in the western Pacific, where the seafloor is 26,850 feet, or more than 4 miles deep (8,200 meters).

  18. Wyville Thomson reported the Challenger to have made 362 sample/observation stations "at intervals as nearly uniform as possible". • 1. Depth • 2. sample of the bottom • 3. A sample of bottom water for chemical/physical examination. • 4. The bottom temperature was recorded • At most stations, • - a fair sample of the bottom fauna (dredge or trawl) • the fauna of the surface and of intermediate depths (tow nets). • -a series of temperature observations was made at different depths • At many stations, • samples of sea-water samples at different depths. • In all cases, atmospheric and other meteorological conditions were carefully observed and noted. The direction and rate of the surface current was determined. http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst357.html Major Motivation - is there life at depth?

  19. Edward Forbes Azoics Theory – no life in the deep ocean (>550 m)

  20. Dispelled the Azoics Theory Number of dredges taken 133 Number of new species of animals and plants discovered4,700

  21. Fridtjof Nansen

  22. 38 m schooner – Fram • 13 crew, provisions for five years, planned to get stuck in the ice for 3 years….were stuck for 4. • Frozen in ice – 750 miles from the Pole • Drifted 2 km per day…got to within 250 miles of the Pole • When he realized they weren’t going to make he and Frederick Johansen set out on dogsled to get there……

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