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Divers aboard the R/V Connecticut prepare to jump in the waters off South Beach on Martha’s Vineyard on October 1, 2011. Their mission: to plug a profiler into the underwater…

New York sculptor Cornelia Kavanagh and WHOI biologist Gareth Lawson are collaborating on a series of sculptures that highlight the fragile state of the pteropod, one of many ocean creatures…

Best known as the support ship for the submersible Alvin, R/V Atlantis (shown here entering New York Harbor soon after its delivery to WHOI in 1997) recently provided a much…

Set sail on Dive and Discover to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, today to Dec. 9! WHOI biologists Ginny Edgcomb and Joan Bernhard lead an international team of researchers aboard R/V…

The 274-foot R/V Atlantis (left) and 177-foot R/V Oceanus dock at the WHOI pier in November 2005. A similar sight greeted retired WHOI Capt. Larry Bearse when he first reported…

Dozens of oval bacteria coat the membrane of this microorganism, known as a protist, collected from the sulfidic, anoxic Cariaco Basin off the coast of Venezuela. This pairing is probably…

On a rainy day in October, Capt. Diego Mello brought R/V Oceanus home on its next-to-last science mission before the ship was retired by the National Science Foundation. Capt. Mello…

At a time of year when people are more likely to think about avoiding cold weather, WHOI’s Carin Ashjian is headed north of the Arctic Circle aboard the U.S. Coast…

WHOI 2011 Summer Student Fellows Thomas DeCarlo (left, University of San Diego) and Max Kaplan (University of St. Andrews) deploy a sediment sampling instrument called a Van Veen Grab Sampler…

WHOI Senior Scientist Susan Humphris, Board of Trustees Chairman Newt Merrill and Director Susan K. Avery (left to right) followed in the footsteps of British Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton…

The crew of R/V Oceanus gathered on the WHOI dock after returning from the ship’s final cruise. Pictured, front row (left to right): Christopher Armanetti, Able Seaman; Diego Mello, Captain; Sacha…

The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason gives researchers eyes and hands in the ocean depths, allowing them to see, photograph, and collect samples miles below the surface. Join us November…

During a presentation to the MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellows in September, WHOI biogeochemist Tracy Mincer described how chemical “conversations” among bacteria affect carbon cycling in the ocean. The image on…

The Summer Student Fellowship Program brings undergraduates to WHOI to work with scientists in a lab and try out oceanographic research. During their time on campus the students take a…

MIT/WHOI Joint Program student Jamie Becker sets up incubation experiments aboard the R/V Melville during a research cruise to the South Pacific in the fall of 2010. Becker served as…

In July 2011 off the coast of New Hampshire WHOI senior engineering assistant Will Ostrom signaled the crane operator while recovering an ESP (Environmental Sample Processor) on the R/V Connecticut.…

The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason, named for the heroic sailor of Greek mythology, enables researchers to explore the ocean miles below the surface. A tether connecting the smaller vehicle…