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A former fisheries ship bought by Eric and Wendy Schmidt became a research vessel; by 2022, it had mapped 1.3 million square kilometers of seafloor

Originally built as a fisheries protection vessel in 1981, Falkor was converted into a research ship that mapped over 1.3 million sq km of ocean floor.

A former fisheries ship bought by Eric and Wendy Schmidt became a research vessel; by 2022, it had mapped 1.3 million square kilometers of seafloor

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