Captain F. Spiess and the German Meteor Expedition of 1925-27 Contributor(s): Emery, William J. (Author), Zenk, Walter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1627347127 ISBN-13: 9781627347129 Publisher: Brown Walker Press (FL) OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2019 |
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BISAC Categories: - History | Maritime History & Piracy |
Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6" W x 9" (0.88 lbs) 298 pages |
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Publisher Description: Banned from taking naval vessels to foreign ports after WW1 Germany undertakes a comprehensive oceanographic expedition to the Atlantic Ocean to test many new measurement systems and to establish the long term circulation patterns of the Atlantic. Challenged by the proscription on German naval vessels from visiting foreign ports after WW1 a group of German oceanographers from the Institute for Marine Sciences in Berlin carried out a pioneering research expedition from 1925-27 to sample the hydrographic structure of the South Atlantic Ocean. Its captain Fritz Spiess was the primary driving force behind the expedition and the German navy supplied the survey ship Meteor. During this 2.5 year expedition the Meteor scientists tested a great many new measurement systems many of which later became routine oceanographic measurement systems. As a result of their observations the mean circulation pattern of the Atlantic was revealed that has remained valid to this day. |
Contributor Bio(s): Zenk, Walter: - Walter Zenk is a retired Physical Oceanographer from the former Institut für Meereskunde at the Christian-Albrecht's-Universität zu Kiel, today Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel GEOMAR.Emery, William J.: - W. J. Emery is a Physical Oceanographer and an Emeritus Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Colorado. |