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All Aboard!
Physical oceanographer Ken Brink demonstrated his model trains as part of the employee arts and crafts exhibit at the Institution’s 75th anniversary celebration on October 1, 2005. Events […]
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Mighty Microorganism
Tiny species like this Euphausid photographed in a drop of water are prey to larger organisms in the oceanic food chain. About the size of a fingernail, the shrimp-like creature […]
Read MorePieces of a Pirate Ship
Mary Lardie prepares samples from the 18th century pirate ship Queen Anne’s Revenge for carbon dating at the National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry facility. Remains of Blackbeard’s […]
Read MoreZooplankton
A Big Buoy
Man with a Mission
Thumbs Down
Leonidas Byckjovas directs the unloading of a CTD (conductivity/temperature/depth) rosette from the deck of R/V Oceanus at the WHOI dock. The instrument collects water samples at various depths […]
Read MoreFrozen Peaks
The Antarctic landscape was captured in many photographs during Dive and Discover Expedition 10 in February and March 2006. (Photo by Katherine Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Read MorePilots and Pieces
Alvin pilots take a photo break during the sub’s recent overhaul in Woods Hole, which happens once every three years. Front: Pat Hickey and Anton Zafereo, Middle: Anthony […]
Read MoreSummer Seminar
Scientists from around the world gather each summer at WHOI’s Walsh Cottage in Woods Hole to participate in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics program, a more than 50-year summer […]
Read MoreIce Lilies
Like a field of water lilies, small pieces of ice cover the surface of the Antarctic Ocean. (Photo by Peter Wiebe, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.)
Read MoreStanding Watch
Barnacle Bonanza
Nootka Buoy, heavily fouled with gooseneck barnacles, was recovered in 2005 after a yearlong trial run. The wireless buoy observatory was deployed in 2,362 meters (7,750 feet) of water […]
Read MoreBits of Steel
Drill bits make an interesting pattern on the deck during the Beaufort Gyre Freshwater Experiment in 2005.
(Photo by Christopher Linder, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Pit Stop
Anything But a Boat
The Anything But a Boat Regatta, held at Great Harbor in Woods Hole, was among the Institution’s 75th anniversary activities in 2005. (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole […]
Read MoreWater Water Everywhere
The Tunnel Inspection Vehicle, photographed during a test in a Falmouthfacility, is a specialized REMUS built for the New York City Departmentof Environmental Protection to inspect the Delaware […]
Read MoreA Special Cup
Ready to Dive
Associate Scientist Hanumant Singh (left) and student Zachary Berkowitzprepare the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) SeaBED for testing from the stern of R/V Tioga in Woods Hole. (Photo […]
Read MoreFirst Splash
Check This Out
Mock up of the 42-foot sub Aluminaut,owned by Reynolds Aluminum and operated briefly by WHOI in the early 1960s. The sub, shown here at WHOI in 1961, helped retrieve […]
Read MoreChemical Concoction
The submersible Alvin‘s manipulator reaches toward a black smoker chimney at 17°S on the East Pacific Rise. The “black smoke” consists of an abundance of dark, fine-grained, suspended […]
Read MoreTropical Sunset
Thomas Anthony operates the crane aboard R/V Melville during the 2005 Lau Basin expedition in the South Pacific. Five expeditions to the territorial waters of the Kingdom of Tonga are […]
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