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Jim Valdes is an engineer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who designs and builds floats used for ocean research.
Jim Valdes, a WHOI engineer who designs and builds floats used for ocean research, estimates that fewer than three floats a year go missing. So he was "totally floored" when, in a single week, a tourist and a fisherman found two floats (similar to these in his lab) and contacted WHOI. (Photo by Amy Nevala, WHOI)

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