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Figure 36. Nansen thermometer for use with a water sampling bottle. Thisthermometer was conceived by Fridtjof Nansen in collaboration with Vagn W. Ekman. This was not a reversing thermometer but was used in an insulated bottle andthen brought back to the surface for reading. It was tested on the FRITHJOF in1910 at many hundreds of meters. (Image credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco | Y. Berard)