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Deep Sea 101: Forbes’ Folly – Evidence of Deep Sea Life Ignored

Kevin Zelnio May 24, 2011 Aegean Sea Azoic Hypothesis Best of Zelnio Charles Darwin Edward Forbes GC Wallich HMS Alexander HMS Bulldog HMS Isabella James Clark Ross John Ross Michael Sars North Atlantic Northwest Passage Thomas H. Huxley

←Previous Lesson: Early Paradigms and Exploration Edward Forbes spent his life championing a hypothesis whose evidence was flawed and extrapolations unjustified. The idea of a…

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Knot Wednesday: Eskimo Bowline

Dr. M March 3, 2010 Bowline Eskimo bowline Inuit John Ross Knots

The Arctic explorer Sir John Ross brought an Inuit sled back to England. On that sled the rawhide lashing were tied in knot similar to the bowline…

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