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Woods Hole in Focus

WHOI engineer Amy Kukulya attaches a camera to a specially equipped REMUS 100 autonomous underwater vehicle while being filmed for the New England nightly newsmagazine, Chronicle, on Boston’s ABC affiliate. Kukulya and her colleagues in the Oceanographic Systems Lab originally designed the vehicle to function as SharkCam, a robotic camera and oceanographic sensing platform to help scientists better understand the behavior and environment of sharks in the ocean—then modified it to track and film endangered sea turtles. The TV crew also filmed at WHOI’s Ocean Science Exhibit Center and highlighted Splash Lab activities there.  The segment on WHOI and Woods Hole will air Monday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. (Photo by Ken Kostel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)