What is Valdivia expedition?
[[File:Vessel Valdivia.jpg|thumb|360px|right|The ''Valdivia'' 1898]] [[File:Opisthoproctus soleatus.png|thumb|[[Spookfish]], one of the kinds of fish found by the expedition]] The '''Valdivia expedition''' was a scientific exedition to explore the [[Deep sea]]. It was a German expedition, done in 1898 and 1899. A ship was bought from ''Hamburg-Amerikanischen Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft'' [[HAPAG]] and given instruments to be able to perform scientific measurements. The ship left [[Hamburg]] on 31st July 1898 and returned on 1st May 1899. The ship had travelled over 32.000 nautical miles. The expedition was very successful. The results were published in 24 volumes; publishing them took until 1940. {{history-stub}} [[Category:Exploration]] [[Category:Oceanography]]