HMS Challenger and Discovery expedition station databases
HMS Challenger was a three-masted wooden ship (steam corvette) from her Majesty's navy. She was refitted in 1872 to accommodate the scientists and their workrooms during the four-year voyage.
Information about the stations visited on the Discovery (1901-1999) and the HMS Challenger (1872-1876) expeditions is available in easily searchable Excel spreadsheets:
Challenger stations database Excel (207.5 KB)
Discovery stations database Excel (23.0 MB)
Information for each station includes:
- written locality information
- precise latitude and longitude
- collection date
- gear used
- depth in fathoms
What was collected from each station?
An easy way to determine what specimens and ocean bottom deposits were collected from each Challenger station is to consult the summary report written by John Murray in 1895.
It gives a full account of:
- what organisms were collected at each station
- whether they were found and collected at other stations
The Discovery taxonomic reports can be used in a similar way to determine what specimens were collected from Discovery stations.
View the Discovery reports on the Biodiversity Heritage Library websiteToolbox
Challenger reports
Discovery reports
Databases
- Challenger stations database Excel (207.5 KB)
- Discovery stations database Excel (23.0 MB)
Excel files
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