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Summer Visitor
Like many on Cape Cod, WHOI has its share of summer visitors. This August, the Institution played host to the newly built ice-capabale research vessel Sikuliaq. The NSF-funded ship was…
Read MoreQuadPod: Underwater Detective
Peter Traykovski and Jay Sisson take a moment to pose with a “QuadPod” on the WHOI dock before deploying it off the south side of Martha’s Vineyard. For the next…
Read MoreDeep-sea Iron Man
An expedition near Crete is using this high-tech Exosuit to search a famous shipwreck once visited by Jacques Cousteau. Its design allows divers to make longer, deeper and longer trips…
Read MoreLocal Lessons, Global Impacts
WHOI scientists (left to right) Glen Gawarkiewicz, Scott Doney, Jeff Donnelly and Dan McCorkle are partnering with local groups to help improve the ability of the general public make informed decisions about climate…
Read MoreOcean Snapshot
A group gathered on the stern of R/V Chain during a thermistor chain deployment in 1958. Although this sensor array is often called a “chain,” it is actually a flexible…
Read MoreA Moment to Celebrate
U.S. Senator Edward Markey, D-Mass., (back row, center) wishes the submersible Alvin a happy 50th birthday while holding a t-shirt commemorating the occasion during a recent visit to WHOI. Markey…
Read MoreReal-time for the First Time
Before the advent of computers, researchers had to sift through data by hand. In 1962, scientist Carl Bowin installed the first computer on a WHOI ship, an IBM “1620” to analyze…
Read MoreSeen in Woods Hole
Student artwork celebrating Alvin’s 50th year decorated a utility pole in Woods Hole this summer. From 2011 to early 2014, a dedicated group of people worked to completely rebuild the…
Read MoreIn the Shadow of the Winch
Research asssociate Carolina Nobre snapped this shot from the bridge of R/V Knorr during one of three O-SNAP cruises to the North Atlantic this summer. The Overturning in the Subpolar…
Read MoreNew Dimensions
WHOI senior engineer Lee Frey of the Oceanographic Systems Laboratory helps test a new multibeam sensor mounted to the underside of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that can scan and…
Read MoreThe Big (Winter) Chill
MIT-WHOI Joint Program students Alexis Fischer and Isabela Le Bras braved the January cold to conduct sediment cores in search of the plankton Alexandrium fundyense at Nauset Marsh in Orleans,…
Read MoreWatery Wi-fi
Post-doctoral investigator Mike Brosnahan worked from a raft that supported an Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) on a frigid March day in Nauset Marsh in Orleans, Mass. The IFCB continuously records microscope…
Read MoreSpecial Visit
It’s not every day that a new ice-strengthened ship visits Woods Hole. In August, R/V Sikuliaq, a ship capable of breaking ice up to 2.5 feet thick, spent several weeks at WHOI before…
Read MoreLook Behind You
A REMUS 100 autonomous underwater vehicle picked up an unexpected follower during a 2013 expedition near Guadalupe Island off the northwest coast of Mexico. The vehicle was equipped with a…
Read MoreThe Exosuit at a Glance
Explore the Exosuit: A high-tech diving system with thrusters, lights, cameras, and rotatable joints that lets divers work up to 1,000 feet below the surface.
Read MoreSharp Lookout
Bright sun and shadows from clouds and choppy waves can make spotting marine mammals difficult on a research ship at sea. Here, Dr. Ajith Kumar, of the National Centre for Biological…
Read MoreCatching Fallen Plankton
MIT-WHOI Joint Program students Alice Alpert and Alexis Fischer retrieved sediment traps recently from Nauset Marsh in Orleans, Mass. Fischer, a biology student, is studying harmful algal blooms produced annually…
Read MoreField Lesson
WHOI Engineering Assistant Sean Whelan (second from the right), shows scientists from India and Sri Lanka how to deploy a Slocum Glider while on a cruise in the Bay of Bengal…
Read MoreFording the Fjord
Maneuvering amid ice ranging from chunks to icebergs, MIT-WHOI graduate student Rebecca Jackson and Dave Sutherland of the University of Oregon conduct operations in the Sermilik Fjord on the east…
Read MoreMany More Miles
A spectator watched as R/V Knorr gots a lift from a massive crane while in dry dock in Amelie, Louisiana, in 1989. The then-20-year-old research ship was at McDermott Shipyard…
Read MoreAround the Table
Climate change was the talk of the day for U.S. Senator Edward Markey, D-Mass., (head of the table on the left) during a visit to WHOI in July. Markey heard…
Read MoreGoing My Way?
An Emperor penguin stretches its wing to rid it of snow after standing up. Emperors travel long distances on ice by “swimming” on their bellies. WHOI biologist Stephanie Jenouvrier recently…
Read MoreTime-out for Fun
A group of this year’s Summer Student Fellows posed for a photo during a day trip in Buzzards Bay on R/V Tioga. The students, sporting sediment taken from a grab sampler,…
Read MorePreparing to Launch
Ben Allen and Carl Fiester, engineers with the Oceanographc Systems Lab, prepare a REMUS 600 for testing from the WHOI dock. These vehicles are part of the Remote Environmental Monitoring…
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