American industrialist Cyrus W. Field was celebrated for his determination to make the transatlantic cable a success. The music sheet of “The Ocean Telegraph March” featured his portrait.
The long, frustrating search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 serves as a reminder that the deepest parts of the ocean remain largely unexplored, as much terra incognita as the New World was to European explorers five centuries ago. In fact, we are told, scientists know more about the surface of the moon than they do the pelagic depths of the world’s seas. Continue reading
inside the CHS 