J.P. Ault: A Scientist at Sea, Voyages, Galilee

The Carnegie Institution began its magnetic survey of the oceans in 1905 with a chartered wooden sailing ship, the Galilee. After receiving preliminary training on a U.S. Coast Survey vessel, J. P. Ault was appointed magnetic observer on the Galilee for its first two Pacific cruises. Sailing to Hawaii, Fanning Island, Samoa, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Guam, and finally Japan, Ault gained experience in scientific work at sea that would later prove invaluable in his command of the research vessel Carnegie.

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Click on a picture to see a larger photo. Galilee documents: Letters Ault's voyages: Antarctica Canada Easter Island Galilee Last cruise Shipboard Life Cruises map Read more: Ocean Magnetic Survey Expeditions	The Carnegie Institution began its magnetic survey of the oceans in 1905 with a chartered wooden sailing ship, the Galilee. After receiving preliminary training on a U.S. Coast Survey vessel, J. P. Ault was appointed magnetic observer on the Galilee for its first two Pacific cruises. Sailing to Hawaii, Fanning Island, Samoa, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Guam, and finally Japan, Ault gained experience in scientific work at sea that would later prove invaluable in his command of the research vessel Carnegie.

	Galilee wrecked by monsoon, Yokohama, Japan, 1906.	Ault in cabin of wrecked Galilee, 1906.	Survivors of Galilee wreck, Yokohama, 1906.	Galilee observing bridge.

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