oceanographic

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She compared being on the Plancius, which was originally an oceanographic research vessel for the Royal Netherlands Navy, to staying at a Hampton Inn rather than a Marriott.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Its subsidiary won a S$198 million contract to build an advanced oceanographic research vessel for Taiwan’s National Academy of Marine Research over four years, the analyst notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

China has greater strategic ambitions and it's likely to send more ships to the Indian Ocean region for oceanographic research or to protect its commercial interests, experts say.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2024

By analysing a bank of data collected from around the world by oceanographic vessels since the 1970s, the team of seven scientists were able to digitally map fluxes of organic matter throughout the world's oceans.

From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2023

It was the Prince of Monaco, supreme pontiff of oceanographic science, who established forever the existence of the fabulous kraken.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster