Jian Lin (yellow hard hat), a geophysicist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, was U.S. chief scientist aboard two voyages of China's new research vessel in 2005—the first American ever invited to co-lead a Chinese deep-ocean research cruise. He and Professor John Chen of Peking University deploy a Miniature Autonomous Plume Recorder to search for hydrothermal vents. (Photo by Mingyu Mi, China Central Television)[back]
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