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Exploration ships of the United Kingdom (45 P) Pages in category "Exploration ships" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total.
For the exploration of deep-sea circulation and strong sea currents, sixty research ships out of forty nations were deployed. In cooperation of the research ships Crawford, Atlantis, Discovery II, Chain and the Argentine sounding vessel Capitan Canepa, fifteen profiles at intervals of eight latitudes between 48° N and 48° S were taken.
Pages in category "Exploration ships of the United Kingdom" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In addition to Danish research ships, Faroe Islands (self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark) operate their own: R/V Jákup Sverri (2020–present) In addition to Danish research ships, Greenland (self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark) operate their own: R/V Sanna (2012–present) R/V Tarajoq (2021–present)
This list includes all the main Antarctic exploration ships that were employed in the seventeen expeditions that took place in the era between 1897 and 1922, known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. A subsidiary list gives details of support and relief vessels that played significant roles in the expeditions they were commissioned to ...
The expedition was abandoned when its Russian ship became stuck in unusually large amounts of sea ice. 2013 – In December 2013 the Expeditions 7 Team led by Scott Brady made a successful east-to-west crossing in four-wheel drive vehicles from Novolazarevskaya to the Ross Ice Shelf via the Scott-Amundsen South Pole Station.
Ships have supported exploration, trade, warfare, migration, colonization, and science. Ship transport is responsible for the largest portion of world commerce. The word ship has meant, depending on the era and the context, either just a large vessel or specifically a ship-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts, each of which is square ...
The research ship had origins in the early voyages of exploration. [2] By the time of James Cook 's Endeavour , the essentials of what today we would call a research ship are clearly apparent. In 1766, the Royal Society hired Cook to travel to the Pacific Ocean to observe and record the transit of Venus across the Sun . [ 3 ]