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

The key to the new findings was an interdisciplinary approach that brought together geological studies, geophysical sonar measurements, vertebrate behavior and feeding biology, satellite evaluation, and oceanographic analysis.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

In addition to the work to be conducted from the land bases, it was intended that oceanographic investigations should be carried on by the 'Aurora' as far as funds would allow.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir