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Aluminum Keeps Alvin from Being Foiled
The deep submergence vehicle (DSV) Aluminaut, shown here in 1966, was owned by the Reynolds Metals Co. (later Reynolds Aluminum) but it played a critical role in WHOI history. In…
Read MoreWind Power on Ice
WHOI engineering assistant Kris Newhall assembles a wind generator that will provide power to the Arctic Ocean Flux Buoy (red-topped fixture protruding through the ice on the left). In April…
Read MoreUnder the (Red) Sea
The Red Sea harbors an abundance of coral, fish, and other marine creatures, particularly on the shelf edge outside of Jeddah (where this photo was taken). WHOI researchers will be…
Read MoreWelcome to Woods Hole
Dr. Susan Avery (at the lectern) answers questions from staff and students in October 2007 just hours after being introduced as the new president and director of the Woods Hole…
Read MoreDawn of a New Day
Sunrise over the Bay of Fundy is framed by a chock (through which mooring lines are passed) in the deck of the research vessel Oceanus. (Photo by Alexander Dorsk, Woods…
Read MoreBetter Training than Any Book
Summer Student Fellow Andy Howho worked in a WHOI Biology lab with Bruce Woodin and John Stegeman in 2007works to isolate RNA from Fundulus heteroclitus found in New Bedford Harbor…
Read MoreThank You, Jim
WHOI President and Director Jim Luyten (center) accepts the best wishes and a gift of appreciation from the Institution’s trustees during a January 2008 meeting in New York City. Luyten…
Read MoreHigh Profile
Researchers recover the “microprofiler” and return it to the deck of the research vessel Atlantis during the LADDER 3 cruise along the East Pacific Rise in November 2007. Working from…
Read MoreSome Assembly Required
Research assistant Amber York works on the PRIMO vertical profiling vehicle while biologist Scott Gallager calibrates the video plankton recorder (VPR) that will go on the PRIMO system. The Polar…
Read MoreAlmost Ready for Prime Time
WHOI engineers[left to right] Andy Billings, Griff Outlaw, and Rod Catanachprepare to test the Sentry autonomous underwater vehicle off of the coastal research vessel Tioga in December 2007. After several…
Read MoreMakes a Nice Sandwich
A cluster of Tevnia jerichonana tubeworms sprout from a “sandwich”an artificial colonization surface made of the non-toxic plastic lexan. The sandwich was recovered from the seafloor after spending 11 months…
Read More63 years ago today
Just off the WHOI pier, ice crowds Great Harbor in Woods Hole on January 27, 1945. Penzance Point looms in the background. (Photo courtesy of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution…
Read MoreJust Before the Dawn
Nika Staglicic of the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (Croatia) awaits sunrise over the Pacific on the deck of the research vessel Atlantis. Staglicic took part in the LADDER 3…
Read MoreWhat’s Behind Door #1?
Marine chemist Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink prepares to enter the PicoTrace clean laboratory, which was built to offer scientists a contamination-free environment for analysis of ultra-trace-elements in their samples. The mobile, state-of-the-art,…
Read MoreLiving on Eggshells
The Russian-operated “ice camp Barneo” was the temporary home of WHOI research specialist Rick Krishfield and engineering assistant Kris Newhall in April 2007. The tents, people, and their gear rested…
Read MoreSea ice through the years
Watch how the Arctic Ocean’s sea ice extent has declined since 1979.
Read MoreMoving Parts
The research submersible Alvin is lifted off of its sled and track as it is deployed from the R/V Atlantis in November 2007. The track system helps keep the 17-ton…
Read MoreA Bit of Sand and Sun
Grey seals congregate and relax on Billingsgate Shoal, near Wellfleet, Mass. WHOI biologists Andrea Bogomolni and Michael Moore have joined colleagues in screening seals and other marine animals and their…
Read MoreWet Paint
The freshly painted bow of the research vessel Knorr gleams in the sunlight at the Atlantic Dry Dock in Jacksonville, Fla., in 2005. The ship was hauled out for deck…
Read MoreComfortable in Its Own Skin
WHOI engineers Bob Brown and Tito Collasius (right) check the fit of the yellow outer skin over the lifting eye of the Sentry autonomous underwater vehicle. In development and testing…
Read MoreStanding Tall
Captain A.D. Colburn former master of the research vessel Knorr, now master of Atlantis cruises around Woods Hole’s harbor in his skiff. The Sea Education Association‘s research and teaching vessel,…
Read MorePolar Bear Club
Polar bears are excellent swimmers and have been seen in open Arctic waters, as far as 110 kilometers (60 nautical miles) from land. The bears’ long, tapered bodies streamline them…
Read MoreMagic Cool Bus
WHOI engineer John Kemp, head of deck operations during the Arctic Gakkel Vents Expedition, supervises Camper’s deployment off the fantail of Oden. The towed vehicle was mobilized to find the…
Read MoreThey Walk the Line
WHOI engineer John Kemp (left) and oceanographer Peter Winsor make their way down the food line on the icebreaker Oden. On the Swedish icebreaker, the gravy train usually starts with…
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