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United States Exploring Expedition (Wilkes Expedition) Pacific Botanical Collections (1838–1842)

1836 - 1857

United States Exploring Expedition (Wilkes Expedition) natural history program (1838–1842)

1836 - 1857

United States Antarctic Research Program geological expeditions to Marie Byrd Land (1959–1972)

1959 - 1972

TEAM Network Tropical Forest Monitoring Program (2002–present)

2002 - 2026

Sumatran Orangutan Surveys in the Leuser Ecosystem (1970s–2000s)

1971 - 2016

Spix and Martius' Brazilian Expedition (1817–1820)

1817 - 1840

Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition (1909–1910)

1908 - 1910

Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery Expedition scientific program (1901–1904)

1899 - 1905

Richard Spruce's botanical explorations in the Amazon and Andes (1849–1864)

1849 - 1908

Richard Archbold's New Guinea Expeditions (1933–1956)

1931 - 1957

Paul du Chaillu's Gabon and Congo Explorations (1855–1865)

1855 - 1867

Palliser Expedition geological investigations in Western Canada (1857–1860)

1857 - 1865

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