WHOI scientists Chris German (right) and Jian Lin (fourth from right) took part in an expedition, along with WHOI researchers Dana Yoerger (third from right), Al Duester, and Andy Billings, (sixth and seventh from right) aboard the Chinese research ship Dayang I>/em>, where they helped discover the first deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the Southwest Indian Ridge. In January, Lin and German became chair and co-chair of InterRidge, an international organization of mid-ocean ridge researchers, which will be based at WHOI for the next three years. Lin and German also won prestigious awards recently. (Photo courtesy of Dana Yoerger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)[back]
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