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US Coast Survey
President Thomas Jefferson signed a bill authorizing the United States Coast Survey to be completed. -
Coral Atolls Explained
Charles Darwin published a paper making a suggestion that coral atolls are the final stage in subsidence and the erosion of volcanic islands. -
Undersea Canyons
James Alden discovers the very first known submarine valley, California's Monterey Canyon. -
Life in the Deep Sea
Charles Wyville Thomson, dredging from the H.M.S Lightning, find sea life at 4,389 meters (14,000 ft.) shattering theories that the sea was ever lifeless at 549 meters. (1800 ft.) -
Early Marine Survey of the Americas
Naturalist Louis Agassiz goes from the U.S. East Coast to its West Coast around South America, collecting 30,000+ marine species. -
Marine Research and Oceanography
The H.M.S. Challenger goes around the globe, conducting research for The Royal Society of London, laying down groundwork for modern everyday oceanography. -
The First Oceanographic Research Vessel
The U.S. Fisheries Commission steamer Albatross began operations as the first built ship to serve as a research vessel. -
Marine Survey of the South Pacific
Alexander Agassiz makes a long research trip to the South Pacific, collecting data and specimens from remote oceans. -
The Sinking of the Titanic
Titanic sinks after after hitting an iceberg killing about 1500 people. The tragedy led to efforts to develop an acoustic object to find objects ahead of a vessel. -
First Acoustic Exploration of the Seas
Reginald Fessenden used an oscillator to bounce a signal simultaneously off an iceberg and the seafloor. Which made the First Acoustic Exploration of the Seas.
