R/V Knorr, like other large research ships, carries an impressive array of equipment including winches, cranes, an A-frame for deploying and retrieving buoys and other heavy objects, and satellite and radio antennas. Knorr, however, is the only ship in the world outfitted to handle the Long Core, which collects seafloor sediment cores and weighs 30,000 pounds when fully assembled. (Photo by Alexander Dorsk, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)[back]
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