History of Oceanography, challenger_ Micronesian - Polynesian colonization of Pacific Ocean Islands

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  • 1.History of Oceanography http://www.oceansonline.com/challenger_ex.htm
  • 2.Micronesian - Polynesian colonization of Pacific Ocean Islands 5000 – 1000 BP Micronesian & Polynesian colonized Pacific Islands Advanced Open Ocean Navigation Double Hull Canoes
  • 3.http://www.monash.edu.au/APJCN/Vol4/Num4/44p361.htm
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  • 5.Hurles et al 2003
  • 6.Polynesian Colonization http://leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu/org/pvs/
  • 7.Polynesian Sidereal Compass http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Navigation/sailing/
  • 8.Polynesian Sidereal Compass http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Navigation/sailing/
  • 9.Example Navigation Leg http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Navigation/sailing/
  • 10.Early Ocean MappingPolynesians
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  • 12.Mediterranean Cultures 6000 BP Egyptians boats with oars 3100-2850 BP Phoenicians travel through Mediterranean & up to England Mediterranean wide maritime trade Coastal settlements Coastal navigation
  • 13.Phoenician Ships http://www.barca.fsnet.co.uk/phoenecian-ships.htm
  • 14.http://go.hrw.com/venus_images/0298MC02.gif
  • 15.http://www.mauigateway.com/~donjusko/final.htg/murexbrandaris_trunculus.jpg http://www.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/religion
  • 16.Mediterranean Cultures 6000 BP Egyptians boats with oars 3100-2850 BP Phoenicians travel through Mediterranean & up to England Mediterranean wide maritime trade Coastal settlements Coastal navigation Greek and Roman Civilizations
  • 17.http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~cannon/medports/Gibraltar/roll_cloud.html
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  • 20.Middle Ages Chinese Invent Magnetic Compass Vikings and Basque Travel to N. America Arabs cross navigate Indian Ocean Christopher Columbus “Discovers” America Juan Sebastian Elcano – First Round the World voyage (24 of 260 sailors) James Cook’s Voyages (chronometer)
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  • 23.Chronometer for Longitude
  • 24.Lemons for Scurvey
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  • 26.Benjamin Franklin & Timothy Folger (1769)
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  • 28.Voyage of the HMS Beagle 1831-1836
  • 29.Evolution of Coral Reefs Fringe reefs Barrier reefs Atolls
  • 30.Edward Forbes (1840’s) Bottom Dredging in E. Mediterranean 8 Depth zones, based on different organisms AZOIC Zone below 600m Azoic Theory Too cold, too dark, no oxygen No Life
  • 31.Challenger Expedition(1872 – 1876) HMS Challenger 226’ fixed rig Corvette 230 crewmembers; 7 Scientists 125000 km Objectives Map Ocean’s bottom Investigate the Azoic Zone Search for ‘Primitive Organisms’ (stable environment) Study Bathybeus haecklii (Huxley); “primordial slime”
  • 32.HMS Challenger
  • 33.HMS CHALLENGER 1872 – 1876
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  • 36.Challenger Expedition(1872 – 1876) Scientific Results - 50 Volumes (23 Years) Extensive Bathymetric Maps No Azoic zone Found temperature variability in deep waters (not all 4 oC) No Evidence of “primitive fauna” Description of 4717 new species Bathybeus haecklii = Alcohol precipitate of carbon sulphate Discovery Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Marianas Trench
  • 37.SIO
  • 38.WHOI
  • 39.Ocean Resources
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  • 43.http://www.greenet.pl/piosta/gal/bona_2_star.jpg
  • 44.http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/030110-N-9851B-082.jpg
  • 45.http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/960916-V-0000B-009.jpg
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  • 47.http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
  • 48.Ocean Resources Fisheries Transportation & Trade Military Use Offshore Oil, Gas & Minerals Recreation & Aesthetics
  • 49.Law of the Sea Treaty - 1973 Territorial Seas - 12 nm Procedures for Ocean boundaries Right of Free Passage through Straits Exclusive Economic Zones 200 nm Can extend out to 350nm Jurisdiction over: Fisheries Pollution Scientific Research Mineral Resources
  • 50.www.whoi.edu
  • 51.South China Territorial Claims
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  • 53.www.bbc.co.uk/
  • 54.Production ( million tonnes) 50 100 1800 1840 1880 1920 1960 2000 Year EEZs Claims Global Trend in Fishery Landings
  • 55.Fishery induced changes in world fish composition
  • 56.Greenhouse Effect