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Other European and American nations also sent out scientific expeditions ( as did private individuals and institutions ).

The first purpose built oceanographic ship, the " Albatros " was built in 1882.

The four-month 1910 North Atlantic expedition headed by Sir John Murray and Johan Hjort was at that time the most ambitious research oceanographic and marine zoological project ever, and led to the classic 1912 book The Depths of the Ocean.