September 6, 1878
We set sail out of Boston Harbor with the high tide in our journey to the Caribbean Sea where I last set eyes upon the monster.
September 7, 1878
As standard practice, we always ensure our ship's stores have plenty of navy rope tobacco. It's tobacco leaves that have been tightly wrapped and twisted into a rope, then dipped in rum.
September 7, 1878
The Challenger expedition was inspired, in part, by that age-old motivation: to prove somebody wrong.
September 11, 1878
On the fifth day at sea, as we approached the Bahamas we stumbled into a squall, quite common during the late summer months in this area.
