Mabahiss, was funded by a bequest from the Scottish oceanographer, Sir John Murray (1841-1914). A joint British and Egyptian venture, the expedition party left Alexandria on 3rd September, 1933 and travelled through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, and the Indian and Arabian Oceans on their nine-month journey. The expedition was led by Robert Beresford Seymour Sewell (1880-1964), a British zoologist and medical doctor who had served in India since 1908.]]> ___]]> Mabahiss, was funded by a bequest from the Scottish oceanographer, Sir John Murray (1841-1914). A joint British and Egyptian venture, the expedition party left Alexandria on 3rd September, 1933 and travelled through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, and the Indian and Arabian Oceans on their nine-month journey. The expedition was led by Robert Beresford Seymour Sewell (1880-1964), a British zoologist and medical doctor who had served in India since 1908.]]> ___]]> Palinostus lalandii - Rock lobster]]> Challenger sailed from Portsmouth on 21st December, 1872. Challenger, a steam corvette, had been refitted to include zoological and chemical laboratories and photographic and naturalist history workrooms. Led by University of Edinburgh Professor, Sir Charles Wyville Thomson, this scientific expedition made a trip of around 70,000 nautical miles over three years. Stopping at islands in the Atlantic, the Indian and the Pacific Oceans and visiting the West Indies, India, Australia and New Zealand, the expeditionary party made observations and recorded data on a wide range of topics such as ocean temperatures, currents and tides; chemistry, biology, botany and zoology.]]> C. Wyville Thomson, [et al]]]> Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 1910. The Norwegian research steamer, Michael Sars, was lent to Sir John Murray (1841-1914) by the Norwegian government for this expedition. Murray requested that Johan Hjort, (1869-1948), a prominent Norwegian zoologist and oceanographer, accompany him on the mission and Murray would defray all expenses of the expedition. Michael Sars left Bergen, Norway in April, 1910 and called into Plymouth, England to pick up Murray before embarking on the five-month trip across the North Atlantic Ocean from Europe to North America. In that time they collected 2400 water samples, made almost 3000 temperature observations, dropped hundreds of ‘vertical hauls’ for plankton, and conducted 24 ‘trawlings’ at various depths. All of which garnered an abundance of hydrographical, botanical and zoological material and the discovery of one hundred new species.]]> ___]]> Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 1910. The Norwegian research steamer, Michael Sars, was lent to Sir John Murray (1841-1914) by the Norwegian government for this expedition. Murray requested that Johan Hjort, (1869-1948), a prominent Norwegian zoologist and oceanographer, accompany him on the mission and Murray would defray all expenses of the expedition. Michael Sars left Bergen, Norway in April, 1910 and called into Plymouth, England to pick up Murray before embarking on the five-month trip across the North Atlantic Ocean from Europe to North America. In that time they collected 2400 water samples, made almost 3000 temperature observations, dropped hundreds of ‘vertical hauls’ for plankton, and conducted 24 ‘trawlings’ at various depths. All of which garnered an abundance of hydrographical, botanical and zoological material and the discovery of one hundred new species.]]> ___]]> Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 1910. The Norwegian research steamer, Michael Sars, was lent to Sir John Murray (1841-1914) by the Norwegian government for this expedition. Murray requested that Johan Hjort, (1869-1948), a prominent Norwegian zoologist and oceanographer, accompany him on the mission and Murray would defray all expenses of the expedition. Michael Sars left Bergen, Norway in April, 1910 and called into Plymouth, England to pick up Murray before embarking on the five-month trip across the North Atlantic Ocean from Europe to North America. In that time they collected 2400 water samples, made almost 3000 temperature observations, dropped hundreds of ‘vertical hauls’ for plankton, and conducted 24 ‘trawlings’ at various depths. All of which garnered an abundance of hydrographical, botanical and zoological material and the discovery of one hundred new species.]]> ___]]> Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 1910. The Norwegian research steamer, Michael Sars, was lent to Sir John Murray (1841-1914) by the Norwegian government for this expedition. Murray requested that Johan Hjort, (1869-1948), a prominent Norwegian zoologist and oceanographer, accompany him on the mission and Murray would defray all expenses of the expedition. Michael Sars left Bergen, Norway in April, 1910 and called into Plymouth, England to pick up Murray before embarking on the five-month trip across the North Atlantic Ocean from Europe to North America. In that time they collected 2400 water samples, made almost 3000 temperature observations, dropped hundreds of ‘vertical hauls’ for plankton, and conducted 24 ‘trawlings’ at various depths. All of which garnered an abundance of hydrographical, botanical and zoological material and the discovery of one hundred new species.]]> ___]]> Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 1910. The Norwegian research steamer, Michael Sars, was lent to Sir John Murray (1841-1914) by the Norwegian government for this expedition. Murray requested that Johan Hjort, (1869-1948), a prominent Norwegian zoologist and oceanographer, accompany him on the mission and Murray would defray all expenses of the expedition. Michael Sars left Bergen, Norway in April, 1910 and called into Plymouth, England to pick up Murray before embarking on the five-month trip across the North Atlantic Ocean from Europe to North America. In that time they collected 2400 water samples, made almost 3000 temperature observations, dropped hundreds of ‘vertical hauls’ for plankton, and conducted 24 ‘trawlings’ at various depths. All of which garnered an abundance of hydrographical, botanical and zoological material and the discovery of one hundred new species.]]> ___]]> Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 1910. The Norwegian research steamer, Michael Sars, was lent to Sir John Murray (1841-1914) by the Norwegian government for this expedition. Murray requested that Johan Hjort, (1869-1948), a prominent Norwegian zoologist and oceanographer, accompany him on the mission and Murray would defray all expenses of the expedition. Michael Sars left Bergen, Norway in April, 1910 and called into Plymouth, England to pick up Murray before embarking on the five-month trip across the North Atlantic Ocean from Europe to North America. In that time they collected 2400 water samples, made almost 3000 temperature observations, dropped hundreds of ‘vertical hauls’ for plankton, and conducted 24 ‘trawlings’ at various depths. All of which garnered an abundance of hydrographical, botanical and zoological material and the discovery of one hundred new species.]]> ___]]> Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 1910. The Norwegian research steamer, Michael Sars, was lent to Sir John Murray (1841-1914) by the Norwegian government for this expedition. Murray requested that Johan Hjort, (1869-1948), a prominent Norwegian zoologist and oceanographer, accompany him on the mission and Murray would defray all expenses of the expedition. Michael Sars left Bergen, Norway in April, 1910 and called into Plymouth, England to pick up Murray before embarking on the five-month trip across the North Atlantic Ocean from Europe to North America. In that time they collected 2400 water samples, made almost 3000 temperature observations, dropped hundreds of ‘vertical hauls’ for plankton, and conducted 24 ‘trawlings’ at various depths. All of which garnered an abundance of hydrographical, botanical and zoological material and the discovery of one hundred new species.]]> ___]]> Pythonaster murrayi - Starfish]]> Challenger sailed from Portsmouth on 21st December, 1872. Challenger, a steam corvette, had been refitted to include zoological and chemical laboratories and photographic and naturalist history workrooms. Led by University of Edinburgh Professor, Sir Charles Wyville Thomson, this scientific expedition made a trip of around 70,000 nautical miles over three years. Stopping at islands in the Atlantic, the Indian and the Pacific Oceans and visiting the West Indies, India, Australia and New Zealand, the expeditionary party made observations and recorded data on a wide range of topics such as ocean temperatures, currents and tides; chemistry, biology, botany and zoology.]]> C. Wyville Thomson, [et al]]]>