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Norse
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
Paleolithics started using harpoons and spears for fishing. (5000 B.C.E.) -
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Polynesians
Polynesians discovered and mappedmput many different areas such as the Hawaiin islands. (2500-450 B.C.E.) -
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Arabs
Trade routes were created in the Indian Ocean by the Arabs. -
The Challenger
The Challenger was the first real Oceanographic voyage. -
Continental Drift
Alfred Wegener had a false assumption about the Continents shifting but he was very close to reality. -
Woods Hole
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution was established (WHOI for short). -
WW2
World War 2 had a lot of new technology such as radar, sonar, automatic wave detectors and temperature and depth recorders. -
International Geophysical Year Program
67 nations came together to explore the sea floor and its properties. -
Plate Tectonics
The theory of plate tectonics is introduced. -
Hydrothermal Vents
WHOI accidentially discovers hydrothermal vents. -
GEOSAT
GEOSAT monitors sea level topography, winds, waves, changes in salinity and temperature -
Satellites
Satellites can measure sea level, currents, salinity, surface conditions and biological processes. -
Neptune
Neptune is an underwater observatory network at Juan de Fuca which gets a lot of different data and transmits it wirelessly. -
Argo
Argo is a group of 3000 different observation floats that detect warming oceans and weakening currents. -
ROV
Remotely Operated Vehicles are underwater robots controlled by scientists that record data and get pictures of the ocean. -
AUV
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles are underwater robots thst aren't controlled that still record data and get pictures of the ocean like the ROVs.
