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Nansen, Fridtjof
Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian explorer and scientist
Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle
American oceanographer and explorer
Walter Munk
American geophysicist and oceanographer
Robert Ballard
Robert Ballard
American oceanographer
Klaus Hasselmann
German oceanographer
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Matthew Fontaine Maury
American hydrographer
Kathryn Sullivan
Kathryn Sullivan
American oceanographer and astronaut
Henry Melson Stommel
American meteorologist and oceanographer
Per Teodor Cleve
Swedish chemist
Robert S. Dietz
American geophysicist
Columbus O’D. Iselin
American oceanographer
Murray, Sir John
Sir John Murray
Scottish Canadian oceanographer
Harold Ulrik Sverdrup
Norwegian oceanographer
Georg Wüst
German oceanographer
Albert
Albert
prince of Monaco
Richard H. Fleming
American oceanographer
Sir William Abbott Herdman
British oceanographer
Bjørn Helland-Hansen
Norwegian oceanographer
Joseph Proudman
British oceanographer

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