Marine Research on the Kerguelen Plateau: from early scientific expeditions to current surveys under the CCAMLR objectives ...

• Main Author: Hureau, Jean-Claude
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cybium 2011
• Subjects: Heard/McDonald, History, Kerguelen Plateau, Marine research, Scientific surveys; Heard; Heard Island; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; McDonald Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2011-35sp-002; http://sfi-cybium.fr/fr/marine-research-kerguelen-plateau-early-scientific-expeditions-current-surveys-under-ccamlr

Since the discovery of Kerguelen Islands by Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Tremarec in 1772 and of Heard Island by Peter Kemp in 1833, a considerable number and a great variety of ships (e.g., sealers, whalers, fishing ships, oceanographic ships, navy ships and sailing boats) visited the Kerguelen Plateau...