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Nansen, Fridtjof

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian explorer and scientist

Sylvia Earle

Sylvia Earle

American oceanographer and explorer

Walter Munk

American geophysicist and oceanographer

Robert Ballard

Robert Ballard

American oceanographer

Matthew Fontaine Maury

Matthew Fontaine Maury

American hydrographer

Kathryn Sullivan

Kathryn Sullivan

American oceanographer and astronaut

Klaus Hasselmann

German oceanographer

Henry Melson Stommel

American meteorologist and oceanographer

Murray, Sir John

Sir John Murray

Scottish Canadian oceanographer

Robert S. Dietz

American geophysicist

Per Teodor Cleve

Swedish chemist

Columbus O’D. Iselin

American oceanographer

Georg Wüst

German oceanographer

Harold Ulrik Sverdrup

Norwegian oceanographer

Richard H. Fleming

American oceanographer

Albert

Albert

prince of Monaco

Sir William Abbott Herdman

British oceanographer

Bjørn Helland-Hansen

Norwegian oceanographer

Joseph Proudman

British oceanographer

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