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Daily Herald Photograph: Whaling

Daily Herald Photograph: Whaling

1937-12-31

Sample of ‘red clay’ collected by HMS Challenger from the Pacific Ocean, north of Tahiti, at a depth of 2350 fathoms, 1872-1876.

Sample of ‘red clay’ collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876

Sample of ‘Globigerina ooze with many radiolarians’, collected by HMS Challenger from the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Tahiti, at a depth of 2425 fathoms, 1872-1876. Collection site was station 271. Globigerina is a genus of planktonic Foraminifera; shells of these tiny animals dominate vast areas of the deep sea floor.

Sample of Globigerina ooze collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876

Sample of ‘radiolarian ooze’ collected by HMS Challenger from the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and Tahiti, at a depth of 2350 fathoms, 1872-1876.

Sample of ‘radiolarian ooze’ collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876

Sample of ‘blue mud’, collected by HMS Challenger from the Western Pacific Ocean, south of Mindanao, Philippines, at a depth of 2050 fathoms, 1872-1876. Collection site was station 213.

Sample of ‘blue mud' collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876

Sample of ‘red clay’ collected by HMS Challenger from the Pacific Ocean, east of Japan, at a depth of 2300 fathoms, 1872-1876. Collection site was station 241.

Sample of ‘red clay’ collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876

Sample of ‘red clay’, collected by HMS Challenger from the Pacific Ocean, south of Hawaii, at a depth of 2900 fathoms, 1872-1876.

Sample of ‘red clay' collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876

Sample of ‘Globigerina ooze’ collected by HMS Challenger from the Pacific Ocean, Western Caroline Island, at a depth of 1850 fathoms, 1872-1876. Collection site was station 224. Globigerina is a genus of planktonic Foraminifera; shells of these tiny animals dominate vast areas of the deep sea floor.

Sample of 'Globigerina ooze' collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876