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Firing the Wiring
Painting a Soundscape
MIT-WHOI graduate student Max Kaplan (right) and biologist T. Aran Mooney retrieve DMONs, passive acoustic recording tools, off the coast of the US Virgin Islands, using lift […]
Read MoreHidden Cape Cod
Members of WHOI’s Coastal Systems Group and the National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility record and sample recently exposed layers on Eastham’s Coast Guard Beach. Here, Stephanie […]
Read MoreGo Down Jason, Let My Mooring Go
When a trigger mechanism failed to release a key deep-sea instrument, WHOI physical oceanographer Ruth Curry brought together a gung-ho team to try to retrieve it.
By Daniel Cojanu, Elise Hugus […]
Read MoreLeading the Way
Scientific technician Luis Lamar from the WHOI Advanced Imaging and Visualization Lab and assistant professor of biology at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi Andreas Fahlman paddle with a […]
Read MoreThat’s Heavy, Man
Representatives from WHOI and Detyens Shipyard in Charleston, South Carolina, watch as the beefed-up A-frame and new winch of R/V Atlantis are put through their paces. The lifting equipment was […]
Read MoreThings Are Looking Up
WHOI engineer Clay Kunz, left, and Peter Kimball, a recent postdoctoral scholar, explored under Antarctic ice in 2012 using the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Jaguar. During the […]
Read MoreAlvin’s Nervous System
A 150-pound mass of copper wires, coaxial cable, connectors, and insulating jackets is guided by Alvin Electronics Technician and Pilot-in-Training Chris Lathan, who stands on top of the sub. […]
Read MoreGetting in Shape
Fabricator Paul Keith uses a wood template to check the curve of a metal part he was shaping for use on the research submarine Alvin. The titanium piece […]
Read MoreNext Best Thing
Typically, a common oceanographic instrument known as an eXpendable BathyThermograph (XBT) are deployed by hand from research and cargo ships to collect a variety of data including temperature and depth. […]
Read MoreOld Layers, New Insights
Last Spring, a Nor’easter blew through Cape Cod and exposed the paleolithic under-layers of Eastham’s Coast Guard Beach. The Coastal Systems Group and National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass […]
Read MoreBlowhards
Four researchers sit in an inflatable boat waiting for a sperm whale to surface. From left, Michael Moore, Director of the WHOI Marine Mammal Center; Andreas Fahlman, Texas […]
Read MoreFlotation Fit
When newly made blocks of syntactic foam for the upgraded Alvin submersible arrived from the manufacturer, WHOI research engineer Rod Catanach tested each to ensure they fit correctly. The […]
Read MoreKeyhole in a Storm
Dive Prep
On June 22, 2012, the new personnel sphere of the research submarine Alvin underwent testing to certify that it will be safe for human occupation to depths up […]
Read MoreBeautiful Day for TowCam
Teacher-at-Sea Beverly Owens captured this photo of TowCam just before WHOI engineers Erich Horgan and Ben Pietro deployed it as part of the Canyons CSI research cruise […]
Read MoreBlue Hawaii
From a small boat, MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Max Kaplan stretches out to retrieve a drifter buoy from waters off Hawaii. In May 2013 Kaplan and WHOI biologist Read More
Rockets’ Wet Glare
What looks like a nighttime fireworks display on a fine summer night actually couldn’t be further from the truth. This spring, a team led by WHOI senior scientist Rocky Geyer […]
Read MoreFormative Experience
Shadowing Whales
MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Julie van der Hoop snapped this quick self-portrait as she prepared to locate a whale tag with a VHF antenna in the spring […]
Read MoreHunting Radioactivity
Deep Partners
Filmaker and explorer James Cameron (left) presented an amazing gift to WHOI in March: the 24-foot vehicle that a little over a year ago he used to reach Read More
Sea (Work) Horse
With it’s live broadcasts and imaging and lighting systems donated by James Cameron, the hybrid remotely operated vehicle (HROV) Nereus is the star attraction of the ongoing Oases2013 […]
Read MoreA Sub Goes to Washington
On June 11, explorer and director James Cameron took his submersible DEEPSEA CHALLENGER to Washington, D.C., as part of a cross-country tour ending in Woods Hole. While in the […]
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