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Expeditions
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, 1909-1915 
 An exhibit of scientists Herbert Lang and James P. Chapin's almost six-year expedition to the Central African Congo River basin to catalog the plants and animals they found. Features biographies, notes, field photographs, diaries, illustrations, articles on the anthropology and zoology of the region, video clips, and interactive maps of early 20th century Congo (formerly Zaire). Searchable photos, field notes, anthropological objects, and publications. From the American Museum of Natural History. http://diglib1.amnh.org/ Topics: Environment, Geography, History, Museums, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Science Last updated Sep 18, 2003 By Aeroplane to Pygmyland: Revisiting the 1926 Dutch and American Expedition to New Guinea
This online publication "aims to 'revisit' a historically important scientific expedition ... through interpretive essays accompanied by the publication, for the first time, of two expedition diaries by the American participants and a wealth of additional expedition records that had never before been published." Browse interpretive essays, over 700 photos, film footage, and expedition source material. From the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. http://www.sil.si.edu/expeditions/1926/ Topics: Science Last updated Jan 27, 2009 California Explores the Ocean: Expeditions
A collection of reports, letters, clippings, ships' logs, published research, and photos of numerous expeditions of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography "to study the seas, marine life and the geology of the sea floor." Includes the Mid-Pacific Expedition (1950), the Capricorn Expedition (1952), the Lusiad Expedition (1962), and the Nova Expedition (1967). A collaboration of the San Diego Historical Society and the University of California, San Diego. http://ceo.ucsd.edu/expeditions/ Topics: Correspondence, Geology, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Science Last updated Mar 7, 2006 Expeditions: 150 years of Smithsonian Research in Latin America
An exhibit about a variety of expeditions to Central and South America and the Caribbean and the people who made them happen. Includes images of artifacts and people, maps, and biographical essays about the explorers. Also available in Spanish. http://anthropology.si.edu/laexped/ Topics: Regions of the World, Regions of the World, Science, Science Last updated Dec 12, 2007 The Explorers Club
"The Explorers Club is an international multidisciplinary professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research and the ideal that it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore." The site includes information on grants offered by the Club, an annotated list of related links, newsletters, and more. http://www.explorers.org/ Topics: Geography, History, Science Last updated Aug 1, 2004 Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899
A collection of over 200 photographs from the 1899 expedition by Edward H. Harriman and 23 scientists (including John Muir) "to explore the waters and coastal territory of Alaska." Searchable by keywords and browsable by topic (E.S. Curtis photographs, Eskimos, expedition members, expedition ship, Tlingit Indians). Includes Harriman's description of the trip. From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. http://content.lib.washington.edu/harrimanweb/ Topics: Environment, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Science Last updated Aug 18, 2005 Mar-Eco
Information about the international research project to "enhance our understanding of occurrence, distribution and ecology of animals and animal communities along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Iceland and the Azores." The site features information for the public, students, and scientists. In addition to news and reports about the project, find photo galleries, video clips, and backgrounders on topics in biology, physics, oceanography, geology, and technology. Searchable. A project of the Census of Marine Life. http://www.mar-eco.no/ Topics: Animals, Biology, Fish, Reptiles, & Amphibians, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Science, Science Last updated Aug 11, 2004 |
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