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Line Check

Engineer Chris Lumping inspects a “line pack” of synthetic rope, looking for any tangles that might prevent it from unwinding smoothly. The line pack will be part of an assembly used to recover a 6,000-lb. anchor used for specialized moorings in coastal waters. The moorings will be components of WHOI’s participation in the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a large project funded by the National Science Foundation that will provide measurements and observations of the ocean over the next two to three decades. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)