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A Dunk on the Dock

A Dunk on the Dock

May 13, 2018

WHOI Senior Engineer Matt Heintz steadies the remotely operated deep-sea vehicle Jason as it undergoes testing off the WHOI dock in 2016, after a $2.4 million upgrade funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The upgrade streamlined Jason’s operations, improved its capabilities, and increased its lift payload from 400 to 4,000 pounds. The upgrade enables Jason to efficiently perform maintenance to seafloor infrastructure for the NSF-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative and Ocean Networks Canada’s cabled observatories. On its most recent expedition, Jason helped explore the undersea Brothers volcano off New Zealand. WHOI operates Jason for the nation’s ocean scientists as part of the National Deep Submergence Facility. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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