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Innovations in Navigation and Ocean Exploration: A Historical Overview

This overview presents significant innovations in navigation and ocean exploration, including the measurement of latitude using the North Star, John Harrison's groundbreaking chronometers, and the advancement in underwater exploration technologies. The narrative includes the contribution of the S.S. Benjamin Franklin and the role of scientific thinkers like Alfred Wegener and Max Planck. Furthermore, it highlights key exploration vessels, such as the ALVIN submersible, the GLOMAR CHALLENGER, and autonomous unmanned vehicles, emphasizing their impact on expanding our understanding of the oceans and Earth sciences.

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Innovations in Navigation and Ocean Exploration: A Historical Overview

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  3. P The angle formed by the horizon and the North Star measures our latitude.

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  5. S Map of the World (about 1570 AD)

  6. S Developed by John Harrison, a carpenter by trade, in the mid-1700’s. It weighed about 40 kilograms.

  7. S Harrison’s final chronometer. It weighed about 2 kgs.

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  9. S Benjamin Franklin

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  14. S A bottom dredge used to collect bottom-living organisms in the deep sea.

  15. S Alfred Wegner

  16. “An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents. What does happen is that its opponents gradually die out, and that the growing generation is familiarized with the ideas from the beginning.” Max Planck, (1858-1947) from Scientific Autobiography, 1949.

  17. S The Trieste

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  20. S 8/28 FLIP

  21. S Monster Bouy

  22. S GLOMAR CHALLENGER

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  26. P 1977 - ALVIN finds hydrothermal vents

  27. S ALVIN

  28. S Seasat 1978

  29. S GLOMAR EXPLORER

  30. Riser Vessel: Chikyu http://www.iodp.org/vessels-operations-community-dsl/

  31. S TOPEX / Poseidon 1992

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  36. http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2011/04/found-air-france-flight-447/http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2011/04/found-air-france-flight-447/ Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles (AUV)

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  38. Scientific method Fig. 1.9

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