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A Sub Goes to Washington
On June 11, explorer and director James Cameron took his submersible DEEPSEA CHALLENGER to Washington, D.C., as part of a cross-country tour ending in Woods Hole. While in the nation’s…
Read MoreQuick Change
The hybrid remotely operated vehicle Nereus returned from the seafloor to the R/V Falkor in autonomous mode during the Oases 2013 cruise recently. Nereus is unique for the fact that it…
Read MoreNew Friends
Alvin Pilot Bruce Strickrott, snapped this photo during Alvin’s 3,906th dive on July 18, 2003. The team had to do a little bit of maneuvering to catch this evasive red squid,…
Read MoreProfiling a Turbulent Sea
Scientist Lou St. Laurent and engineer Ken Decoteau (both of WHOI) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography graduate student Uriel Zajaczkovski (right to left) prepare a deep microstructure profiler for deployment…
Read MoreAir Travel at Sea
Soaring above it all, scientist Ralph Stephen transferred via bosun’s cradle from the drilling ship JOIDES Resolution to the R/V Fred H. Moore, in the Atlantic south of Bermuda in…
Read MoreWhirlpool in a Jar
Postdoctoral investigator Jean-Baptiste Gilet (right) points to a vortex, a small whirlpool that’s similar to a tornado in air, that was created in a container of colored water in scientist…
Read MoreNew Eyes on the Deep
A new pair of cameras on the hybrid-remotely operated vehicle (HROV) Nereus claims a distinguished pedigree: they were part of a recent gift by explorer and director James Cameron to…
Read MoreThe Art of Welding
Geoff Ekblaw, lead welder in the WHOI mechanical shop, prepares to weld part of Alvin‘s titanium frame during the sub’s recent upgrade and re-building process. Light, strong, and corrosion-resistant, titanium…
Read MoreDeep-sea Diver
Throughout June 2013, a team of oceanographers and astrobiologists led by WHOI scientist Chris German will explore one of the deepest mid-ocean ridges, the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center beneath the Caribbean…
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Insights into Alvin
WHOI engineer David Fisichella gives a student from the Perkins School for the Blind a tour of the submersible Alvin. Fisichella’s wife, Amy Bower, is a physical oceanographer at WHOI…
Read MoreCapture and Recovery
Senior scientist Rob Olson (reaching) recovers an instrument attached to an orange float off the shore of Martha’s Vineyard. RV Mytilus operator Matthew Gould handles a line from scientific diver…
Read MoreProbing the Depths
In September 2012, WHOI engineers Ken Decoteau and Jeff Lord deployed a vertical microstructure profiler from RV Knorr. The instrument records water velocity, temperature, and salinity on sub-centimeter scale as…
Read MoreLessons from Fukushima
WHOI’s Redfield Auditorium overflowed with those who came to hear a panel of American and Japanese scientists discussing Japan’s Triple Disaster, the March 2010 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident that…
Read MoreCameron Partners with WHOI
James Cameron transfers Deepsea Challenger to WHOI to help advance deep-sea research and develop new ocean exploration technologies.
Read MoreA Capitol Sub
In March 2012, explorer and filmmaker James Cameron piloted his custom-designed and -built submersible DEEPSEA CHALLENGER to the deepest spot in the ocean—Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. He recently…
Read MoreHalo Below
A fog bow, caused by light refracted through small water droplets in fog, arcs below the Air-Sea Interaction Tower in Martha’s Vineyard Sound. The tower, a part of the Martha’s…
Read MoreRescue Squad
The scientific research team led by senior scientist Dennis McGillicuddy and Raytheon Polar Services Corp. support staff pose on the pack ice in front of the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer…
Read MorePressure Test
More than 100 employees took part in various aspects of the two-year project to overhaul and upgrade the submersible Alvin. They included engineer Griffith Outlaw, seen here preparing a component…
Read MoreThe Thinker
In May 2013, Alexi Shalapyonok, Rob Olson, and Matthew Gould (left to right) readied a tool called a FlowCytobot for deployment at the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory in Vineyard Sound.…
Read MoreOceans of Protein
WHOI marine chemist Mak Saito has adapted an approach used in biomedical research to study marine organisms: proteomics. He has developed new techniques to detect and measure the proteins that…
Read MoreWorld Ocean Day 2013
Every year on June 8, we celebrate World Oceans Day, a day to reflect on the importance of the global ocean in daily life and in the life of our…
Read MoreClass of 2013
On June 5, WHOI hosted a reception to honor the 2013 class of the MIT-WHOI Joint Program. Ten of the 32 graduates this year were able to attend: (back row,…
Read MoreA Big Lift
Alvin Expedition Leader Bruce Strickrott has seen a few strange creatures at the bottom of the sea: octopi, tubeworms, Yeti crabs. He’s even had a newly discovered species of hagfish…
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