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The Beginning
The modern day study of marine biology began with the exploration by Captain James Cook
Captain Cook is most known for his extensive voyages of discovery for the British Navy
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Diving Suits
Two English inventors developed the first pressure-proof diving suits
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Getting started
Following Cook’s explorations, a number of scientists began a closer study of marine life
Including Charles Darwin who, although he is best known for the Theory of Evolution, contributed significantly to the early study of marine biology
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Sea History
Naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle from were spent collecting and studying specimens from a number of marine organisms that were sent to the British Museum for cataloging
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First Station
The oldest marine station in the world is Station Biologique de Roscoff was established in Concarneau, France founded by the College of France -
First Ship
The Challenger was well equipped to explore deeper than previous expeditions with laboratories
Stocked with tools and materials, microscopes, chemistry supplies, trawls and dredges, thermometers,
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Writing Books
titled “The Voyage of the Challenger.” He also wrote one of the early marine biology textbooks “The Depths of the Sea”
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Going Under
The Trieste’s first dive was made
built by Auguste Piccard and his son Jean Ernest-Jean Piccard and U.S. Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh
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Getting exposure
she was chartered and later purchased by the U.S. Navy
The Navy continued to use the bathyscape for oceanographic research off the coast of San Diego
Used the Trieste for a submarine recovery mission off the U.S. east coast -
Deep Sea Diving
This was the first of many submersible dives she would make during her career.
Her experience living in an underwater marine habitat earned her celebrity status in the scientific community -
Findind a Way to Breathe
compressed air tanks allowed Cousteau the freedom to film underwater
which releases compressed air to divers when ever they need it to
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Dr. Robert Ballard
May be best known for finding the Titanic using technologies he helped to develop
His earlier deep sea explorations led to the first discovery of hydrothermal vents during an exploration -
Think the bottom
Started making sea floor maps
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Marine life
The world's first comprehensive Census of Marine Life was released in London.
Was an international project spanning 10 years that recorded the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the ocean -
Almost there
An international team announces a plan that aims to map the entire floor of the Earth's oceans
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/ocean-exploration-timeline/
