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It’s a kayak without a passenger, but not without a mission. JetYak is an autonomous, 11-foot,  gas-powered kayak developed by WHOI oceanographer Peter Traykovski, Hanu Singh, and colleagues for preprogrammed missions…

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) like WHOI’s REMUS, Sentry (pictured), and SeaBED are important tools used to explore the ocean. They are controlled by on-board computers and powered by internal batteries;…

Bruce Sutphen (pictured) and other members of the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER team worked at WHOI recently preparing the sub for transport to New York City over the weekend. On Monday, August…

For decades, WHOI research vessels have taken advantage of a shortcut to Cape Cod Bay and waters further north by passing through the Cape Cod Canal. Here, the research vessel…

Physical oceanographer Amy Bower, with her six-year-old guide dog, Abbie, introduced two speakers to students from the Perkins School for the Blind during their visit to the WHOI Exhibit Center earlier…

On July 6, 2014, with the ganplank stowed, third mate Josh Woodrow (left) and able-bodied seaman Paul St. Onge, closed the bulwarks on R/V Knorr, as University of Miami mooring…

WHOI scientist Hanu Singh watches as Amy Scott Murray (center) from the University of Aberdeen and Erica Fruh, from the Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle photograph a fish in…

During a winter research cruise to the Labrador Sea in 1997, waves washing over the decks of the research vessel Knorr caused continual ice build-up. Scientists and crew on board…

In April the AUV Sentry was tested in the water at the WHOI dock before being shipped to join R/V Atlantis and the submersible Alvin for research in the Gulf…

Scientists Amy Bower of WHOI and Susan Lozier of Duke University have used RAFOS floats to investigate the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC), a deep current that hugs North America’s…

The WHOI dock often hosts visiting research vessels from other institutions. In June 1985, Alcyone, research vessel of renowned ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, stopped over in Woods Hole, and the…

For 10 weeks this summer, participants in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics program at WHOI are attending talks by variety of scientists, among them Geoffrey Vallis of the University of Exeter…

In June, WHOI oceanographer Peter Traykovski showed students from the Cape Cod-based Lawrence School the custom-built vehicle JetYak, a gas-powered kayak designed to provide scientists autonomous measurements from the sea…

Since 1959, participants in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics summer program have gathered in Woods Hole at Walsh Cottage for 10 weeks of lively debate on how water and other fluids move…

Over the last 50 years, the submersible Alvin has made many undersea discoveries and been involved in countless observations, collections, and experiments. During those years Alvin has been upgraded with the latest in…

The drilling vessel D/V Glomar Challenger , shown here during project FAMOUS (French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study) in 1974, was the first drill ship to be used for scientific research by…

WHOI physical oceanographer John Toole and engineering assistants Brian Hogue and Andy Davies (left to right) recover a moored cage-mounted Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor (MAVS) and adjacent SBE MicroCat instrument…

The remotely operated vehicle Jason is launched from R/V Atlantis into the waters of the East Pacific Rise in January 2014. During the cruise, WHOI microbiologist Stefan Sievert led an…