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More than 1,000 miles off the coast of Oregon, members of a month-long expedition helped secure a CTD rosette on deck of the research vessel New Horizon. Researchers analyzed the…

At sea, traditions that speak of home and loved ones take on greater meaning. In 1952, Capt. John Pike carved a Thanksgiving turkey in the wardroom aboard R/V Atlantis during…

Last January, WHOI scientist Chris German led an international research expedition to the Caribbean aboard R/V Atlantis to explore hydrothermal vent sites on the Mid-Cayman Rise, which were first seen…

WHOI oceanographer Fiamma Straneo, along with ten colleagues from WHOI and abroad, called the 130-foot research vessel Fox home during a two week expedition in September off the coast of…

A camera mounted on a rosette sampler captured this unusual view of the starboard A-frame of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy from the water of the Beaufort Sea north of…

Icebergs were a common sight around the British icebreaker James Clark Ross during a 30-day summer research cruise along Greenland’s east coast to the high-Arctic island of Spitsbergen. The expedtion, led…

While Hurricane Sandy was lashing the East Coast, a low-pressure system was making life difficult for the scientists and crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy. The team was…

The aurora borealis, or northern lights, danced across the night sky during a recent expedition by physical oceanographer Fiamma Straneo to southeastern Greenland. Straneo and her colleagues were there to…

On an expedition off the Galápagos Islands in 2010, scientists used a dredge attached to a cable to collect samples of volcanic rocks from the seafloor. When the dredge returned to…

Just because it’s known as a research “cruise” doesn’t mean life is easy for the scientists, engineers and students on board. During a recent, month-long expedition on R/V Knorr, MIT/WHOI…

George Tupper, a WHOI engineer and private pilot, had often thought about photographing the WHOI-operated research vessel Knorr from the air to capture the ship turning on its axis. Tupper’s opportunity…

University of Connecticut scientist Jim Edson (left) and WHOI technician Steve Faluotico install an instrument on a buoy prior to a cruise to the saltiest spot in the North Atlantic…

This delicate fan-shaped colony of a golden-colored algae called Dinobryon was found in a surprising place—beneath sea ice in the Chukchi Sea. Scientists had assumed ice blocked sunlight that microscopic…

Climate change—particularly changes in the monsoon—prompted dramatic changes in how the peoples of ancient India lived. WHOI geologist Liviu Giosan, MIT/WHOI Joint Program student Camilo Ponton, and colleagues gathered evidence…

When one of the big ships is in port during heavy weather, they get all the best points on the dock to tie off. Standard practice calls for two bow…