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Deep Ocean Work Boat (DOWB), launched from R/V Lulu, was used to search for Alvin after it sank in late 1968 south of Nantucket when a cable on Alvin’s launch…

Stern view of the RV Tioga during a mooring recovery on the Merrimack River. (Photo by James Kent, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

WHOI’s Paul Bouchard and NOAA Teacher At Sea, Eric Heltzel, launch adrifter during a 2005 cruise. Drifters are used to track surface currents and can be launched from ships or…

An octopus comes to see what the submersible Alvin is doing during Dive and Discover Expedition 9 to the Galapagos Rift in 2005. (Photo by Bruce Strickrott, DSV Alvin pilot,…

Assistant Scientist Jason Goodman and Summer Student Fellow Daniel Carlson conduct a dye experiment in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab at the Coastal Research Laboratory. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods…

Biologist Larry Madin studies jellies, collected at sea and preserved in jars, in his lab. Gelantinous zooplankton (jellyfish to most of us), are a major link in the oceanic food…

Technicians repaired meteorological sensors, damaged by a ship strike, on a Gulf Stream buoy in April. The buoy is the first surface mooring in deep water to survive the wind,…

DSV Alvin pilot Anthony Tarantino takes a whack at a Whiffle ball during some rare down time aboard the R/V Atlantis. (Photo by Amy Nevala, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Biologists Jun Nishikawa from the University of Tokyo and Patricia Kremer from the University of Connecticut react with exaggerated delight to finding nearly 13 liters of their target animals, salps,…

Al Bradley (left) and Dana Yoerger, two of the inventors of the Autonomous Benthic Explorer (ABE), dunked the autonomous underwater vehicle in the test well at the WHOI dock before…

Marine biologist Michael Moore and CT Technician Julie Arruda discuss CT images of a marine mammal with students. A new necropsy and scanner facility enhance the team’s ability to handle…

Research vessel Atlantis Bosun Wayne Bailey signals to a crew member during ship operations for the Galápagos Rift Expedition in May and June 2005. Crew members work closely with scientists…

Early image of the catamaran Lulu, the first support ship for the submersible Alvin (in foreground), circa 1964. The 105-foot Lulu was built in Woods Hole from surplus minesweeping pontoons and…

The submersible Alvin surfaces after a dive as support vessel Atlantis moves into position for recovery. A typical dive is 8-10 hours. Alvin has made more than 5,000 dives since…

WHOI biologist Mark Baumgartner enters data from a variety of ocean instruments and tools into his laptop during a 2005 cruise off Cape Cod to investigate where and how whales…