The Scientists on board HMS Challenger

Scientists aboard HMS Challenger Amongst the crew that were on the boat were six scientists. Wyville Thomson was the chief scientist, being one of the people (along with Carpenter) that proposed the idea of the expedition. Born in 1830, the natural historian first lectured at Aberdeen before becoming chair of natural history at Cork and … Read more

A bit of background for you

The HMS Challenger scientific expedition is fascinating to hear about. For those of you that don’t know much about it and want to know more than what is in the About the Project page then do read on! Why search for deep-sea life? Scientists started looking for deep-sea life to challenge Edward Forbes’ ‘azoic’ theory: … Read more