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Fish in a Barrel
WHOI scientist Hanu Singh watches as Amy Scott Murray (center) from the University of Aberdeen and Erica Fruh, from the Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle photograph a fish in…
Read MoreA Haven for Whale Sharks
By Ari Daniel :: Originally published online July 30, 2014
Read MoreWinter Wonderland
During a winter research cruise to the Labrador Sea in 1997, waves washing over the decks of the research vessel Knorr caused continual ice build-up. Scientists and crew on board…
Read MoreSentry Swim Test
In April the AUV Sentry was tested in the water at the WHOI dock before being shipped to join R/V Atlantis and the submersible Alvin for research in the Gulf…
Read MoreMapping Titanic
Bill Lange, Director of WHOI’s Advanced Imaging and Visualization Laboratory (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Originally published online August 1, 2010
Read MoreSearch for Life
The circulation of fluids up from the seafloor through hydrothermal vents provides chemical energy that sustains unique animals and habitats throughout the world’s oceans. The discovery of hydrothermal vent ecosystems…
Read MoreA Sharp Turn
Scientists Amy Bower of WHOI and Susan Lozier of Duke University have used RAFOS floats to investigate the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC), a deep current that hugs North America’s…
Read MoreWhere the Wind Blows
The WHOI dock often hosts visiting research vessels from other institutions. In June 1985, Alcyone, research vessel of renowned ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, stopped over in Woods Hole, and the…
Read MoreDynamic Dynamicists
For 10 weeks this summer, participants in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics program at WHOI are attending talks by variety of scientists, among them Geoffrey Vallis of the University of Exeter…
Read MoreSchool’s In
In June, WHOI oceanographer Peter Traykovski showed students from the Cape Cod-based Lawrence School the custom-built vehicle JetYak, a gas-powered kayak designed to provide scientists autonomous measurements from the sea…
Read MoreClass of 2014
Since 1959, participants in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics summer program have gathered in Woods Hole at Walsh Cottage for 10 weeks of lively debate on how water and other fluids move…
Read MoreData Recovery
Kjetil Vaage, of the University of Bergen, helps WHOI mooring technicians Jim Ryder and Dan Torres recover the dual acoustic release component of a mooring line. During a cruise to…
Read More50+ Years of Ocean Exploration
Over the last 50 years, the submersible Alvin has made many undersea discoveries and been involved in countless observations, collections, and experiments. During those years Alvin has been upgraded with the latest in…
Read MoreTime Machine
The drilling vessel D/V Glomar Challenger , shown here during project FAMOUS (French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study) in 1974, was the first drill ship to be used for scientific research by…
Read MoreSafe Recovery
WHOI physical oceanographer John Toole and engineering assistants Brian Hogue and Andy Davies (left to right) recover a moored cage-mounted Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor (MAVS) and adjacent SBE MicroCat instrument…
Read MoreJason Away
The remotely operated vehicle Jason is launched from R/V Atlantis into the waters of the East Pacific Rise in January 2014. During the cruise, WHOI microbiologist Stefan Sievert led an…
Read MoreUp from the Deep
In 2012 WHOI scientist Gareth Lawson led a research cruise in the Northeast Pacific to study the abundance, distribution, and shell condition of pteropods—tiny planktonic snails—and relate the findings to…
Read MoreFull House
Moorings and buoys secured to the crowded decks of the research vessel Knorr destined for Greenland and Iceland arrived in subpolar North Atlantic waters this month. The vessel also carried WHOI…
Read MoreView from the Top
On board the research vessel Atlantis in March, Bruce Strickrott works at the communications station during one of Alvin‘s first dives following an extensive, three-year upgrade. As Alvin Expedition Leader, Strickrott…
Read MoreTwo Vehicles Better Than One?
The submersible Alvin and the autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry are among the most advanced underwater research tools available. To make the most of limited ship time, scientists sometimes use the…
Read MoreHigh-flying Test
With R/V Knorr at the dock behind, WHOI biologist Bruce Keafer (left), engineer Wiill Ostrom (center), and Northeastern University co-op student Ethan Edson guide the ESP-1 buoy to a test…
Read MoreGrand Finale
Andy Davies (second from left) and colleagues deploy a Vector Averaging Current Meter (VACM) in May during the last research cruise of the Line W project. Line W is a…
Read MoreA Pioneering Mission
Crew aboard R/V Knorr recover a surface buoy from the Pioneer Array, a network of moorings and autonomous underwater vehicles outfitted with sensors and communications equipment that collect real-time, long-term data…
Read MoreWeather Or Not
Researcher Glenn McDonald watched from the research vessel Mytilus as biologist Rob Olson ran cabling up to the Air Sea Interaction Tower at the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory in the…
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