Captain F. Spiess and the German Meteor Expedition of 1925-27

Banned from taking naval vessels to foreign ports after WW1 Germany undertakes a comprehensive oceanographic expedition to the Atlantic Ocean to test many new measurement systems and to establish the long term circulation patterns of the Atlantic. Challenged by the proscription on German naval vessels from visiting foreign ports after WW1 a group of German oceanographers from the Institute for Marine Sciences in Berlin carried out a pioneering research expedition from 1925-27 to sample the hydrographic structure of the South Atlantic Ocean. Its captain Fritz Spiess was the primary driving force behind the expedition and the German navy supplied the survey ship Meteor. During this 2.5 year expedition the Meteor scientists tested a great many new measurement systems many of which later became routine oceanographic measurement systems. As a result of their observations the mean circulation pattern of the Atlantic was revealed that has remained valid to this day.

Interzis sa duca nave navale in porturi straine dupa primul razboi mondial, Germania intreprinde o expeditie oceanografica cuprinzatoare in Oceanul Atlantic pentru a testa multe sisteme noi de masurare si pentru a stabili tiparele de circulatie pe termen lung ale Atlanticului. Provocat de proscrierea navelor navale germane de a vizita porturi straine dupa primul razboi mondial, un grup de oceanografi germani de la Institutul pentru Stiinte Marine din Berlin au desfasurat o expeditie de cercetare de pionierat in perioada 1925-27 pentru a testa structura hidrografica a Oceanului Atlantic de Sud.