• Launched February 13, 1858

• The ship mapped the oceans; its expeditions provided the first comprehensive understanding of the major ocean basins.

• Its greatest discovery was the vast biodiversity of the deep sea discovered by collecting over 4,700 new species of marine life.

• It charted ocean currents and variation in temperature

• Discovered the Mid Atlantic Ridge

• Its voyage laid the foundation of modern oceanography.

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• (Natural History Museum)

• Observed that frogs could swim very well and wondered why

• Benjamin Franklin invented at age 11 the flippers

• not modern flippers but wooden hand paddles to improve swimming strokes

  • Strapped to the swimmer's hands to help make each stroke to make more efficient

• He observed that the stroke was partly given by the inside of the feet and the ankles and not entirely with the soles of the feet

• Created early version of what we now know today as swim fins

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James Cameron was born on August 16, 1954, and is still alive. He has 3 of the top 4 highest-grossing films. He started exploring the ocean in 2012 when he took the Deep Sea Challenger to the bottom of the marina trench. He was the first solo diver to reach the bottom of the trench. He discovered a new species of sea cucumber and squid worms.

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Sailed 10s of thousands of miles across uncharted territory, mapping islands and coastlines in more detail than ever before.

He was born on October 27th, 1728, in Yorkshire, England. And died February 14, 1779, in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii.

He originally was the son of a farmhand, but an apprenticeship at a general store brought him into contact with ships and the sea.

He made significant astronomical contributions, including observing a solar eclipse and being able to accurately determine his position at sea with the Chronometer.

He was given command of the HMS Endeavour to go to Tahiti and observe the planet Venus. He then found Australia, which he called Terra Australis.

He then explored New Zealand and Cape Horn, crossed the Tasman Sea, then found the Great Barrier Reef.

His greatest accomplishments are finding Australia, New Zealand, mapping much of the Pacific, crossing the Antarctic Circle three times, and discovering the Great Barrier Reef.

• Born: June 11, 1910

• Died: June 25, 1997

• He co-invented the Aqua lung (scuba tank) in 1943, and designed the underwater camera

• He was a French naval officer and a ocean explorer

• He wanted to become a pilot but was stopped in a almost fatal car cash

• He founded many research organizations known as the Cousteau Group