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WHOI mooring technician John Kemp surveys the shoreline of Greenland as R/V Knorr transited through Prince Christian Sound at the extreme southern end of the island. The sound is 60…

WHOI’s Employee Recognition Day earlier in the summer acknowledged the labors of several individuals and groups who have made a difference to the Institution over the past year. Al Suchy,…

These are the deck plans for WHOI’s first research ship, Atlantis, which arrived in Woods Hole ready for science on August 31, 1931. The 142-foot-long ketch was built in Copenhagen,…

Summer Student Fellows (front row, left to right) William Shinevar (Brown University), Lily Helfrich (Northwestern University), Maya Becker (Columbia University), Jacob Forsyth (Bowdoin College), (back row, left to right) Karter…

A polar bear pulls itself onto a small floe to rest between seal-hunting forays. The volume of sea ice in the Arctic has declined sharply in recent decades, with grave…

Deep waters don’t run still, they are moved by currents, turbulence, and “internal waves” that cannot be seen at the surface. In a landmark experiment in the mid-1990s, WHOI scientists…

Deep-sea hydrothermal vent sites host dense communities of animals in a food web built on chemical energy from beneath the seafloor. These sites experience frequent disturbances, like volcanic eruptions, that…

Each summer, undergraduates from colleges and universities around the world come to WHOI to learn more about ocean science in the Summer Student Fellowship Program. This year, 30 rising seniors spent 10-12…

James Yoder, Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean, presents the Rear Admiral Richard F. Pittenger Fellowship Award to MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Thomas Miller. Miller, an ocean engineering Master’s…

Each summer, members of the Institution’s 1930 Society roll up their sleeves and participate in science immersion experiences in New York, Boston, and Woods Hole. Here, society members aboard R/V Tioga get up…

In February 1996, WHOI launched its newest vessel, Atlantis, in Moss Point, Mississippi. Atlantis arrived in Woods Hole in April 1997 and three months later deployed for science operations. Measuring 274…

Physical oceanographer Emily Shroyer (Oregon State University) examines a CTD (conductivity, temperature and depth) sensor specially designed to take measurements while a ship is underway. Shroyer used the CTD on…

Fifty years ago, the research submersible Alvin celebrated its start of service to science in a ceremony attended by hundreds at the WHOI dock. Since then, it has transported hundreds of…

WHOI instructor Hovey Clifford (right) shows summer student fellows Maya Becker (Columbia University) and Jacob Forsyth (Bowdoin College) how to rinse down a sample of sediment collected with a grab…

Skilled fabricator/welders in the WHOI Mechanical Shop made these parts, which are ready to be assembled into a sturdy tripod that will hold an acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP). The…

Two REMUS 600s wait to take a dip off the WHOI dock. These versatile autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) feature a modular design that can be adapted to handle a variety…

Sound has traditionally been the communications medium of choice in the ocean, but engineers at WHOI, including Norm Farr (pictured) developed an underwater “optical modem” that uses light to transmit…

Engineer Amy Kukulya introduced the REMUS SharkCam at a public event in 2013 describing WHOI’s research on sharks and seals. he Discovery Channel commissioned the Oceanographic Systems Lab to develop…

Physical oceanographer Amy Bower reviewed preparations on R/V Knorr recently before an 80-day in the sub-polar North Atlantic to research ocean currents in the region. Bower is interested in Earth’s…