oUS Navy oceanographer, he was the first to recognize oceans as system
of circulating currents.
oGot this idea from biblical picture of Òpaths in the seasÓ (Psalm 8:8).
oThinking through what a path does on land (makes travel easier, faster), he
began to investigate travel time by sea.
oHis massive examination of shipsÕ logbooks led to making charts for winds and
currents.
oCame to be called Òthe pathfinder of the seas.Ó