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 == H.M.S. CHALLENGER ==
-[[Image:Challenger_sailing.jpg|left]]The Challenger Expedition was a scientific expedition that laid the foundation of oceanography with its many discoveries. The voyage of the H.M.S. CHALLENGER took place during the years of 1873-76 and catalogued 4,000 previously unknown species of animals.
+[[Image:Challenger_sailing.jpg|left]]The Challenger Expedition, a 70,000 mile voyage, was a scientific expedition that laid the foundation of oceanography with its many discoveries. The voyage of the H.M.S. CHALLENGER took place during the years of 1873-76 and catalogued 4,000 previously unknown species of animals.
 Captain George S. Nares, R.N. was the Commanding Officer of the H.M.S. Challenger and Sir C. Wyville Thomson was the Scientific Director. Their extensive research is chronicled in the a Report of the  Scientific Results[http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-INDEX/index-linked.htm] published by order of Her Majesty's government.