Equipment

Equipment By: Kylie Clark



Throughout History Oceanographers and other scientists have used a large number of special equipment to measure, map and view

the ocean depths. The first people known to have taken an interest in Equipment an oceanography is the vikings. One of the very first pieces of

equipment used for oceanography was the sounding weight. Viking sailors used it to sample seafloor sediments and take measurments of ocean

depth. They still have this tool today, but it is much more advanced know

In the 1900's the amount of sea exploration increased dramatically with hundreds of inventions coming out, starting with the sonar which

is used to sense the presence of underwater objects through the use of sound. When submarines were invented they used sonar to guide them.

Sonar is still used today, and is advancing with time.

There are countless amounts of different types of oceanographic equipment used from exploring the ocean depths too exploring the sea

creatures in the ocean. One extremly important piece of equipment that doesn't get enough credit is the underwater camera. Without the

underwater camera, we wouldnt know what the coral reefs or sea creatures looked like unless we saw them in person. Texts books wouldnt be able

to show students what the object that they were talking about looked like a scientists wouldnt be able to study plants and animals without

samples.

Scientist are trying to find ways to explore the Ocean depths in new ways by sending different devices such as robots to the bottom of the

ocean in places where it is dangerous to keep humans, much like they do in space.