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Scandinavians such as Erik the Red and Leif Eriksson were great explorers and discovered Iceland and Canada. (999 B.C.E.)
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Paleolithics started using harpoons and spears for fishing. (5000 B.C.E.)
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Polynesians discovered and mappedmput many different areas such as the Hawaiin islands. (2500-450 B.C.E.)
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Trade routes were created in the Indian Ocean by the Arabs.
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The Challenger was the first real Oceanographic voyage.
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Alfred Wegener had a false assumption about the Continents shifting but he was very close to reality.
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution was established (WHOI for short).
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World War 2 had a lot of new technology such as radar, sonar, automatic wave detectors and temperature and depth recorders.
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67 nations came together to explore the sea floor and its properties.
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The theory of plate tectonics is introduced.
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WHOI accidentially discovers hydrothermal vents.
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GEOSAT monitors sea level topography, winds, waves, changes in salinity and temperature
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Satellites can measure sea level, currents, salinity, surface conditions and biological processes.
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Neptune is an underwater observatory network at Juan de Fuca which gets a lot of different data and transmits it wirelessly.
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Argo is a group of 3000 different observation floats that detect warming oceans and weakening currents.
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Remotely Operated Vehicles are underwater robots controlled by scientists that record data and get pictures of the ocean.
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicles are underwater robots thst aren't controlled that still record data and get pictures of the ocean like the ROVs.
