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Taking the Helm

April 30, 2018

Friday the 13^th may be unlucky for some, but it was all smooth sailing for captain Derek Bergeron as he brought the research vessel Atlantis back to homeport in Woods Hole earlier this month. It was Bergeron’s first time as master of the Atlantis but not his first time at the helm. The Martha’s Vineyard native has spent the past 16 years aboard WHOI research ships, starting as third mate on the research vessel Knorr, then working his way up to first mate on the research vessel Neil Armstrong, on which he also served as master for more than a half dozen scientific cruises. (Photo by Véronique LaCapra, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)