Oceanus Magazine - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Alvin vs. the swordfish

During a 1967 dive off Florida, a startled swordfish rammed the famed submersible Alvin—lodging its sword in the hull and forcing the crew to abort the mission

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The entrance to Room 71. (Photo by Daniel Hentz, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Inside Room 71: WHOI history in seven artifacts

Some of the technology, art, and gifts that tell the story of the institution’s early days

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Overhead view of ROV Jason working at an underwater volcano site. (© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Three ocean robots that plunge into active volcanoes

Jason, Mesobot, and Nereid Under Ice are transforming our understanding of underwater volcanoes and the life they support.

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A new underwater robot could help preserve New England’s historic shipwrecks

WHOI’s ResQ ROV to clean up debris in prominent marine heritage sites

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Three questions with Carl Hartsfield

Captain Hartsfield, USN retired, discusses the role ocean science plays in our national defense

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New underwater vehicles in development at WHOI

New vehicles will be modeled after WHOI’s iconic remotely operated vehicle, Jason

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Learning to see through cloudy waters

How MIT-WHOI student Amy Phung is helping robots accomplish dangerous tasks in murky waters

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The story of a “champion” submersible

Alvin’s humble origins began alongside Wheaties cereal

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Our eyes on the seafloor

A Q&A with WHOI marine microbiologist Maria Pachiadaki on sampling the deep ocean with Jason

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3 memorable Jason Dives

Volcanoes, vents, and creatures of the deep through the lens of ROV Jason

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Up close and personal

Ocean robots work alongside marine animals to study their behavior

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Robots to the Rescue

How the next generation of ocean robots will help solve the planet’s most pressing problems

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Group Chat

Underwater robots communicate in text-like fashion off the coast of Oahu

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Automating Exploration

For MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Amy Phung, virtual reality and robotics are a natural pairing for ocean exploration

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A throwback to ABE

The OG autonomous seafloor robot

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AUV Sentry submerges. Photo by Luis Lamar © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

How does Sentry know where it is?

New smarts keep the autonomous vehicle on track

Ocean & Human Lives

A ship floats in the the Gulf of Mexico after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Photo by Kris Krug, Wikimedia Commons)

Sunlight and the fate of oil at sea

Danielle Haas Freeman draws on the language of chemistry to solve an oil spill puzzle

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Who is Alvin and what are sea trials?

If you like the deep sea and exploring for science, you’re going to love Alvin!

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How to study an underwater earthquake from shore

Scientist Chris German on a successful AUV Sentry mission when the science team could not travel to sea

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Meet the Sentry Team: Justin Fujii

Research engineer Justin Fujii on working with autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry

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7 Places and Things Alvin Can Explore Now

With its new depth rating of 6500 meters (4 miles), WHOI’s human-occupied vehicle (HOV) Alvin is set to take scientists places they’ve never explored in person

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