The Beagle Project Blog: The new Beagle: a flagship for science in a new age of sail

The Beagle Project Blog: The new Beagle: a flagship for science in a new age of sail: "‘Science in the age of sail’ came to a gradual end between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries, as sails were first combined with and ultimately replaced by coal-fired steam and then diesel engines—an irony considering that the historic specimens collected on such voyages would ultimately be seen as useful to establish pre-industrial baselines for climate change research."