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Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect
Catalog of Images

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Plate 31. View of the BLAKE's deck, looking aft from the starboard side of the pilot house, ready for dredging. In: "Deep-sea Sounding and Dredging" by Charles D. Sigsbee, 1880. Library Call Number GC75.S53 1880.
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Plate 32. The forward side of the dredge reel and its engine. The reel having on it 2700 fathoms of the steel rope recommended by Professor Alexander Agassiz. In: "Deep-sea Sounding and Dredging" by Charles D. Sigsbee, 1880. Library Call Number GC75.S53 1880.
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Plate 33. View of the main hoisting engine from the starboard side. In: "Deep-sea Sounding and Dredging" by Charles D. Sigsbee, 1880. Library Call Number GC75.S53 1880.
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Plate 15. The Sigsbee Sounding Machine in Position: Run out for Work. In: "Deep-sea Sounding and Dredging" by Charles D. Sigsbee, 1880. Library Call Number GC75.S53 1880.
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Plate 15. The Sigsbee Sounding Machine in Position: Run out for Work. In: "Deep-sea Sounding and Dredging" by Charles D. Sigsbee, 1880. Library Call Number GC75.S53 1880.
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Plate 10. The Sigsbee Sounding Machine rigged for paying out. In: "Deep-sea Sounding and Dredging" by Charles D. Sigsbee, 1880. Library Call Number GC75.S53 1880.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. The lines represent the ship's tracklines. Cover to "The Meteor Expedition." Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. A bow view of the METEOR. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Alfred Merz, Director of the Meereskunde in Berlin and planner and organizer of the METEOR Expedition. Unfortunately he died in Buenos Aires in 1925 at the beginning of the expedition. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Starboard side of the METEOR and a view looking aft on the upper deck. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. View looking aft from the foremast; the engine;a laboratory; and the captain's quarters on the METEOR. Plate 13. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. The decorative stern of the METEOR with the German Iron Cross; a view looking aft from the bow to the pilothouse of the METEOR. Plate 15. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Naval ceremonies on the METEOR. Plate 16. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Crew loading supplies on the METEOR; officers and scientific party of the METEOR. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Winch drum - probably contained 10,000 meters of cable and other deck gear. Plate 18. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Launching meteorological balloons on the stern of the METEOR; gun practice; working on a rolling deck; air-conditioning for the crew (sleeping on deck in hammocks.) Plate 19. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Launching meteorological balloons on the stern of the METEOR. Plate 19. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. The METEOR in harbor. Plate 24. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. The METEOR at Willhelmshaven. Plate 24. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. The METEOR departing its homeport with full military honors. Plate 25. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. The METEOR departing its homeport with full military honors. Plate 25. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Meteorological balloon launching apparatus on the METEOR. Plate 26. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Taking sun sights on the METEOR; exercise time for the crew; echo sounding with ear-phones. Plate 32. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Diagram of echo-sounding on the METEOR. This is one of the earliest diagrams of echo-sounding in a published work. Figure 10, p. 74. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Seawater-sampling bottles being deployed from the METEOR; analyzing sea-water in the METEOR oceanographic laboratory. Plate 37. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Seawater sampling operations on the METEOR. Plate 38. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Stormy weather on the METEOR. Plate 39. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. A huge swell as seen from the METEOR. Plate 39. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. A huge swell coming over the bow of the METEOR. Plate 40. The top of another swell is seen in the upper left corner of the photograph. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Huge breaking seas as seen from astern of the METEOR. Plate 40. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Albatross and dolphins - companions of the sailors of all nations. Plate 41. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
 Marine Mammals
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. The harbor at Capetown and a stretch of the South African Coast. Plate 42. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Capetown and Table Mountain. Plate 44. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Views of the South African Coast as seen by members of the METEOR expedition. Plate 45. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Deploying and recovering plankton nets; the laboratory with microscope for study of the plankton. Plate 46. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Deploying a plankton net off the METEOR. Plate 46. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Professor Hentschel posing with a large piece of kelp. Plate 46. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. An albatross with a 2.8 meter wingspan captured by METEOR personnel. Plate 47. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. A motor-sailer off the METEOR. Plate 48. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Analytical laboratory on the METEOR. Plate 54. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. One of the earliest pictures of gravity coring operations. Plate 55. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Dr. Wattenberg analyzing samples. Plate 58. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Analyzing samples in the chemistry laboratory. Plate 58. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. The METEOR in Beagle Channel, Straits of Magellan. Plate 66. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Romanche Glacier in Beagle Channel. Plate 68. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Iceberg in the vicinity of South Shetland Island. Plate 70. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. An iceberg. Plate 71. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. An iceberg. Plate 71. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Storm petrels and skuas at Deception Island. Plate 74. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.
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In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. The METEOR at South Georgia Island. Plate 83. Library Call Number Q115.D45 1928.

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