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Expanding Horizons

Ken Houtler, captain of the coastal research vessel Tioga, teaches Summer Student Fellow DeAnna McCadney how to use a sextant during a demonstration cruise in July 2006. Every summer, dozens of college undergraduates are selected to participate in a three-month program to conduct basic research and learn the ropes of oceanography. (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)