Tools & Technology
Rebuilding Alvin: Logan Driscoll
The new Alvin has a new, slightly larger personnel sphere. Still, getting all the necessary equipment to fit inside the sphere took a Herculean effort.
Read MoreRebuilding Alvin: Humphris & Strickrott
Now that the newly upgraded Alvin has resumed operations, a pilot and scientist describe how some of the new features of the submersible are changing the way they are using the vehicle.
Read MoreRebuilding Alvin: Bruce Strickrott
Now that the newly upgraded Alvin has resumed operations, a pilot and scientist describe how some of the new features of the submersible are changing the way they are using the vehicle.
Read MoreRebuilding Alvin: Anthony Tarantino
Anthony Tarantino, assistant project manager for the upgrade, explains the electrical systems in the new Alvin.
Read MoreRebuilding Alvin: Rod Catanach
Engineer Rod Catanach describes the fabrication, testing, and installation of the syntactic foam that provides buoyancy for Alvin.
Read MoreGetting Alvin Ready to Dive
Narrated by Jefferson Grau, Alvin pilot-in-training, this video shows the daily dance to deploy Alvin into the ocean.
Read MoreReady, Set, Dive
Before scientists go to work in the morning at the bottom of the ocean in the submersible Alvin, a team of engineers, pilots, and ship’s crew performs a carefully orchestrated choreography.
Read MoreStudying the Arctic remotely
By Christopher Linder :: Originally published online March 6, 2014
Read MoreRebuilding Alvin: Jonathan Howland
The 25th installment in our series on the people at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who helped design and build the new and improved version of the submersible Alvin.
Read MoreRebuilding Alvin: Phil Forte
A new installment in our series on the team of people at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who helped design and build the new and improved version of the submersible Alvin.
Read MoreR/V Neil Armstrong Christening
Carol Armstrong, ship’s sponsor for the Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) research vessel (R/V) Neil Armstrong (AGOR 27), breaks a bottle across…
Read MoreR/V Neil Armstrong Christening
HROV Nereus
Look under a virtual ocean to see how researchers use Nereus. First, as a free-swimming, or autonomous underwater vehicle, Nereus…
Read MoreNereus in the Challenger Deep
HROV Nereus samples the Challenger Deep seafloor. Date: May 31, 2009 Depth: 10,006 meters (6.2 miles) Originally published online May…
Read MoreITP Recovery: Getting it back out of the ice
ITP Deployment: Getting an instrument through Arctic ice
A Buoy’s Long Strange Trip
Since 2004, WHOI scientists have deployed ice-tether profilers (ITPs) in polar sea ice to monitor changing conditions in the Arctic. ITP 47 found its way to the coast of Ireland.
Read MoreWelcome DEEPSEA CHALLENGER (part 3): Susan Avery
WHOI’s President & Director officially welcomes the sub and James Cameron and describes the importance of deep-sea exploration. Originally published…
Read MoreWelcome DEEPSEA CHALLENGER (part 1): Rob Munier
WHOI’s Vice President of Marine Operations welcomes the crowd and James Cameron. Originally published online June 14, 2013
Read MoreWelcome DEEPSEA CHALLENGER (part 2): Dave Gallo
WHOI’s Director of Special Projects describes his role in bringing the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER to the Institution. Originally published online June…
Read MoreWelcome DEEPSEA CHALLENGER (part 5): Q&A
James Cameron takes questions from the audience about his sub and what it took to reach the deepest spot in…
Read MoreWelcome DEEPSEA CHALLENGER (part 4): James Cameron
James Cameron addresses the audience about the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER and why he thinks WHOI is the perfect home for it.…
Read MoreLi’l Alvin
Tom Ryder is a professional underwater diver and a radio-controlled model builder. That combination, naturally, led to a fully operational miniature version of the deep-sea sub Alvin.
Read MoreSea-truthing near Martha’s Vineyard
By Amanda Kowalski, Ari Daniel :: Originally published online January 1, 2014
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