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Home Together
WHOI’s research vessels Neil Armstrong (right) and Atlantis spend most of the year at sea and are rarely in their homeport of Woods Hole, Mass., at the same […]
Read MoreFast “Flyer”
The NSF-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative Pioneer Array includes two types of observing systems: fixed moorings and mobile vehicles, such as this REMUS 600. With its […]
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Helping Hand
The new Northeast Shelf Long-term Ecological Research (NES-LTER) site south of Cape Cod connects two other existing study sites: the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory and the Ocean Observatories […]
Read MoreHook, Line, and Mooring
Crew members aboard the research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer recover a subsurface flotation sphere of a Global Array mooring off the coast of Argentina. The subsurface moorings have sensors […]
Read MoreThe Splice Is Right
WHOI mooring technician Meghan Donohue splices a line on the research vessel Neil Armstrong during a voyage from Woods Hole to a Global Array site in the […]
Read MoreGlider Away!
WHOI engineer Jennifer Batryn assists with the launch of an ocean glider at the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s Coastal Pioneer Array, about 90 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. The autonomous […]
Read MoreAll Ahead
A.D. Colburn looks out from the bridge of the research vessel Atlantis as it left Woods Hole in October on his final trip as captain of the Global Class […]
Read MoreSteady As It Goes
Jim Ryder of the WHOI Mooring Operations and Engineering Group (left) steadies the line of a wire-following profiler, part of a Global Array mooring aboard the research vessel […]
Read MoreClose Encounter
The research vessel Neil Armstrong makes a close approach to assess a surface mooring deployed in the Irminger Sea southeast of Greenland as a part of the NSF-funded Ocean […]
Read MoreOut to Sea
A mammoth surface buoy rests on the fantail of the research vessel Neil Armstrong en route to the Irminger Sea off Greenland, where it will remain in the ocean for many months. […]
Read MoreAn Unexpected Intrusion
In 2014, satellite imagery revealed an elongated body of warm Gulf Stream water pushing onto the edge of New England’s continental shelf toward the southwest. Scientists have seen similiar phenomena […]
Read MoreA Full Deck
The research vessel Neil Armstrong heads to the Ocean Observatories Initiative Coastal Pioneer Array about 90 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. Every six months, WHOI engineers, scientists, and crew […]
Read MoreA Break in the Action
Bosun Pete Liarikos raises a fist to stop the action during the deployment of a multifunction node (MFN) from the deck of the research vessel Neil Armstrong. The gray metal […]
Read More24/7 Science at Sea
This buoy is part of a Coastal Surface Mooring, one of the ten scientific moorings in the Coastal Pioneer Array of the Ocean Observatories Initiative. Wind turbines and […]
Read MoreLong Haul
Crabs and shrimp investigate a cast-steel anchor for a mooring resting 125 meters below the surface at the Pioneer Array, an ocean observatory off the Massachusetts coast operated by […]
Read MorePioneer Turnaround
Twice each year, scientists, engineers, and technicians make three short (7-10 day) trips on the research vessel Neil Armstrong to service and replace moorings that make up the Ocean Observatories […]
Read MoreHeavy Lifting
WHOI’s Mooring Operations and Engineering Group leader, John Kemp (second from right), and Senior Engineering Assistant Jim Ryder (left, red hardhat) recover a reel stand from off the starboard […]
Read MoreAll Hands on Deck
The hands of Raytheon engineer Brad Guerrero and WHOI engineers Jennifer Batryn and James Kuo (left to right) prepare a motorized profiler for deployment on the Global Irminger Sea Array in […]
Read MoreSensor Check
WHOI engineer Jennifer Batryn prepares instruments during a recent cruise to the Irminger Sea south of Greenland. The instruments have sensors to take a wide range of measurements in […]
Read MoreReady and Waiting
A group of profiler mooring buoys stands ready for loading onto the research vessel Neil Armstrong in advance of a cruise to the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Read More
An Engine Room Tour
Kent Sheasley (right), captain of the research vessel Neil Armstrong, gives a tour of the ship’s engine room to visiting journalists in the Knight Science Journalism Program at […]
Read MoreDiving for Data
Bosun Pete Liarikos (left) and UNOLS technician Drew Cole recover an ocean glider from the water onto research vessel Neil Armstrong on a recent trip to the Ocean […]
Read MoreAnother Day, Another Departure
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, R/V Neil Armstrong departed Woods Hole on the first of three trips to the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Pioneer Array 100 miles south […]
Read MoreChemistry at Sea
WHOI research associate Leah Houghton works in the main science lab of the research vessel Neil Armstrong on a cruise off the southern tip of Greenland this summer. Houghton […]
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