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Don’t Mess with This Crew

Engineers on research vessel Atlantis spend up to eight months a year at sea while maintaining the ship’s electrical and mechanical components. The diligence of the ship’s crew makes scientific expeditions possible, not to mention successful. Shown here in 2004 (from left): oiler Phil Treadwell, oiler/electrician Stu Meecham, first assistant engineer Gary McGrath, third assistant engineer Mike Spruill, chief engineer Jeff Little, and second assistant engineer Monica Hill.(Photo by Amy Nevala, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)