HMS Challenger (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

HMS Challenger

Caption

The HMS Challenger collected massive amounts of data about the world’s oceans during its 19th-century voyage and laid the foundation for the fields of oceanography and marine biology. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign English professor Gillen D’Arcy Wood led Oceans 1876, a project to create a comprehensive database of the Challenger findings.

Credit

Courtesy Gillen D'Arcy Wood

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