After the Storm

Notice the cleanly plowed pier next to WHOI’s research vessel Atlantis after the February blizzard that crippled much of New England. “The Facilities & Services team at WHOI are often the unsung heroes when it comes to keeping the institution running during major storms,” said WHOI President and Director Susan Avery. ” While many of us were home dealing with power outages and shoveling out our own driveways, more than two dozen people from the Facilities & Services team, along with a few from some science departments, traveled to Woods Hole and stayed here through the storm and after, ensuring that parking lots and walkways were cleared and that facilities were secured.”

(Photo by Christopher Morgan, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)