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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 Mapping Polynesians

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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 o C) –No Evidence of “primitive fauna” –Description of 4717 new species –Bathybeus haecklii = Alcohol precipitate of carbon sulphate –Discovery Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Marianas Trench

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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 180018401880192019602000 Year EEZs Claims Global Trend in Fishery Landings

55 Fishery induced changes in world fish composition

56 Greenhouse Effect


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