Explore the depths of the Pacific as scientists map a submerged world.
This detailed report shares the methods, findings, and early science of oceanography.
The book compiles data from the U.S. Navy’s Nero voyage, documenting how a planned trans-Pacific cable route was surveyed from Honolulu to Midway, Guam, Luzon, and Japan. It presents the process behind soundings, temperature measurements, bottom samples, and charting, as well as the real-world challenges of tracing ocean-floor features.
- Learn how survey plans guided routes and excursions across a broad ocean belt.
- See how soundings, temperatures, currents, and bottom materials were recorded and analyzed.
- Understand how gradients and depths were interpreted to reveal the ocean floor’s structure.
- Discover how station data were selected and plotted to create contour and track charts.
Ideal for readers of historical science, marine exploration, and deep-sea mapping enthusiasts.