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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)

Engineer Andy Bowen (in green) and Chris German, chief scientist for deep submergence, with ROV Jason during a maintenance period in Woods Hole. Jason is now at sea in the…

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 Oceanographic Institution)

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 Aqueduct for leaks.(Photo by…

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 by Tom Kleindinst, Woods…

The research vessel Knorr was launched on August 21, 1968, in Bay City, Michigan. The ship was delivered to WHOI in 1970 and was completely overhauled and lengthened by 34…

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 Alvin…

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 particles that…

In 1998, the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason installed the Hawaii-2 Observatory, or H2O, in 5,000 meters (about 16,400 feet) of water using an abandoned submarine telephone cable. Initial experiments…

A view of Pangong Lake in the Ladakh region of northern India, taken at an altitude of 18,000 feet, shows the great expanse of the Tibetan Plateau as far as…

Participating in the summer WHOI softball league, Rob Reves-Sohn prepares to swing the bat for the Geology and Geophysics Department team. (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

New WHOI “D2” ocean-bottom seismometers are readied for field testing. Small and light for easy deployment and recovery, the D2 has a six-month battery capacity. The devices are available through…

Waves, currents, sand grain sizes, sandbar configurations, water tablelevels beneath the beach, and other phenomena combine in complex ways to cause very different patterns along the same beach. (Photo by…

Puma and Jaguar are autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) designed to overcome the technical challenges that preclude under-ice operations in the Arctic Ocean. Puma will detect and track hydrothermal vent plumes…

A North Atlantic right whale dives in search of food near Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy, Canada.(Photo by Michael Moore, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

The foredeck of the Canadian icebreaker Louis St. Laurent during a mooring deployment in the Arctic Ocean during the Beaufort Gyre Freshwater Experiment. (Photo by Christopher Linder, Woods Hole Oceanographic…

Adult barnacles, about one year old, form plates to hold their body together and for protection. (Photo by Vicke Starczak, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Greg Packard (right) puts a REMUS 600 autonomous underwater vehicle through pre-launch checks before testing near Woods Hole. The vehicle, capable of diving to 600 meters, carries sensors for underwater…

MIT/WHOI Joint Program graduate student Sheri Simmons collects samples in Salt Pond in Falmouth, Mass., for studies of a previously unknown bacterium that incorporates magnetic minerals to make an internal…