Albatross expedition

The expedition was very successful, received international attention, and is considered one of the important steps in the history of oceanography.

[1] The expedition was carried out on board the newly built training ship Albatross.

[2] Since the Boström line lent the ship at almost no cost, the expedition could be financed and carried out with only private donations.

Until then the longest cores that could be taken were 2 m.[5] The expedition also carried out the first seismic reflection measurements of the sediment thickness, using sink bombs.

This was one of several pieces of evidence that eventually led to the acceptance of the theory of plate tectonics.