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Atlantic Ocean, with depth contours and submarine features coast of Labrador, Canada Dive deep into the depths of the ocean. Alesund, Norway Elements of the continental margin São Jorge Island, Azores Satellite image of a hurricane, North Atlantic Ocean major currents, North Atlantic Ocean Cape Enrage, New Brunswick, Canada
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How does the Moon affect the tides?
The Earth may be less spherical and more football-shaped than you thought.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica,-Inc.
Hear researcher Andy Wheeler speaking about an expedition to discover new hydrothermal vent field in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
An expedition seeking hydrothermal vents in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Atlantic Ocean, with depth contours and submarine features
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coast of Labrador, Canada
Rocky coast of Labrador, Canada, on the Labrador Sea, an embayment of the northwestern...
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Alesund, Norway
Alesund, Norway, near the northeastern limit of the Atlantic Ocean.
Mittet Foto A/S
Elements of the continental margin
Elements of the continental margin.
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São Jorge Island, Azores
Farm on the northern coast of São Jorge Island, Azores.
© Tony Arruza/Bruce Coleman Inc.
Satellite image of a hurricane, North Atlantic Ocean
A digitally enhanced satellite image of a hurricane in the western North Atlantic...
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce
major currents, North Atlantic Ocean
Major warm and cold currents of the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Cape Enrage, New Brunswick, Canada
Cape Enrage, New Brunswick, Canada, at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy, which has...
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lobster fishing, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lobster fishing off the coast of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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offshore oil-drilling platform, Gulf of Guinea
Offshore oil-drilling platform in the Gulf of Guinea, south of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Walter Weiss/Ostman Agency
Deepwater Horizon oil rig: fire
Fireboat response crews attempting to extinguish the blaze aboard the Deepwater Horizon...
U.S. Coast Guard
Deepwater Horizon oil spill: avian casualty
A dead bird covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico,...
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beach, Martinique
Beach near Grande Anse des Salines, Martinique, a popular Caribbean resort area.
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reconstructed Norse settlement, Newfoundland, Canada
Reconstructed Norse settlement, Newfoundland, Canada.
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voyages of Ferdinand Magellan and Francis Drake
Voyages of Ferdinand Magellan (1519–22) and Francis Drake (1577–80) across the Atlantic...
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exploration sponsored by Henry the Navigator
Areas reached by explorers under the sponsorship of Henry the Navigator
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map of the Gulf Stream drawn by Benjamin Franklin
Map of the Gulf Stream drawn by Benjamin Franklin.
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HMS Challenger
HMS Challenger docked in Bermuda, 1865.
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evidence of continental drift
Among the first clues scientists discovered that supported the notions of continental...
C. Amante and B.W. Eakins (NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC)
seafloor spreading in three ocean basins
Patterns of seafloor spreading in the Pacific (left), Arctic (centre), and Atlantic...
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Azores high
Tropical wave formation with respect to the position of the Azores high in the Atlantic...
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
world map
Map identifying the world's continents.
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Dive deep into the depths of the ocean.
Discover how deep the ocean is in our interactive.
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