Townsend Cromwell
Townsend Cromwell, a keen surfer, swimmer and oceanographer, discovered the current that now bears his name whilst researching drifting in the equatorial region of the Pacific Ocean. He died in 1958 when his plane crashed en route to an oceanography expedition.
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“We are two travelers, Roger and I.
Roger’s my dog.—Come here, you scamp!”
—John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916)
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