Royal Society group visiting Challenger. Photographed at Sheerness, Kent, UK, at the start of the Voyage of Challenger (1872-1876), a voya

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Royal Society group visiting Challenger. Photographed at Sheerness, Kent, UK, at the start of the Voyage of Challenger (1872-1876), a voyage of scientific discovery funded by the British Government.

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Photo credit: © NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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