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Milestones for Alvin
Happy July Fourth!
Takes a Lickin’
This vehicle’s unassuming appearance belies the fact that it was instrumental is some of the most important undersea discoveries: finding hydrothermal vents and chemosynthetic deep-sea life in 1977 […]
Read MoreWonders of the Deep
Lily Foley (foreground) and her teacher and classmates from the Woods Hole Daycare Cooperative sized up the Deep Sea Exhibit, which features giant tubeworms and other unusual creatures found at […]
Read MoreAlvin’s Legacy Runs Deep
On June 5, 1964, the Human Occupied Vehicle Alvin was commissioned at the WHOI dock, in a ceremony attended by hundreds eagerly anticipating what the submersible would accomplish over […]
Read MoreHow Far We’ve Come
On a warm spring day in 1970, Capt. Emerson Hiller sailed R/V Knorr into Woods Hole for the first time (and did a smart pirouette to demonstrate the ship’s handling). […]
Read MoreTest Drive
On a calm, cold afternoon in January, a team from the Oceanographic Systems Lab at WHOI took a REMUS 6000 autonomous underwater vehicle for a test run in […]
Read MoreFrom the Archives
From the Archives
This 1967 photo shows the research submersible Alvin in the water with two support swimmers, as crew watch from Lulu, the sub’s first tender ship. WHOI still operates the U.S. Navy-owned […]
Read MoreTo Sea Once More
The research vessel Knorr left Woods Hole on Sunday for the final cruise of its career at WHOI. Since 1970, Knorr has traveled more than one million miles in support of research […]
Read MoreA Dramatic Demonstration
Intense international focus came to WHOI—and director John Steele—in 1985 after a team of WHOI researchers and French oceanographers discovered the wreck of the Titanic, which sank in 1912 in the […]
Read MoreJason Expedition Leader
Tito Collasius, expedition leader of the team that operates the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason sports his trademark hard hat on a recent research cruise. The son and […]
Read MoreOcean Termites
Those exploring the wreck of the Titanic have found none of the elaborate woodwork that was the hallmark of the luxury liner’s grand staircase. Any wood that does remain […]
Read MoreAtlantis II in Monaco
In 1963, WHOI’s research ship Atlantis II stopped over in Monaco on its way to the Suez Canal and a research cruise in the Indian Ocean. The second […]
Read MoreA Rare Sight
The research vessel Knorr is rarely seen at its home port of Woods Hole, but one January evening found it tied up at the dock during a routine […]
Read MoreAtlantis II
Atlantis II arrived at WHOI in 1963 and made immediate, if unexpected, headlines. Its second voyage, intended to be a routine biology cruise, was interrupted with the news that […]
Read MoreRainy Day Tour
Tour the Knorr!
Explore Our Ocean Planet
WHOI Ocean Science Exhibit Center manager Kathy Patterson uses the Magic Planet projection system to demonstrate global ocean processes at the center. The Magic Planet exhibit helps people […]
Read MoreExplore Ocean Science
Visit the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Ocean Science Exhibit Center, now open for the season, where you can discover the world of ocean science. Featured exhibits include a full […]
Read MoreOuter Space on the Seafloor
The discovery of rusticles—rusting iron—on the wreck of the RMS Titanic opened a new field of research into the microscopic bacteria eating the iron. If bacteria can thrive […]
Read MoreLooking Back: 25 Years Ago Today
The first evidence that researchers aboard the R/V Knorr had found the RMS Titanic came on September 1, 1985, from this mundane-looking photo of what turned out to be one […]
Read MoreEaster Island
The research vessel Knorr shown anchored off the port of Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) during an expedition in May 1992. R/V Knorr is probably best known as the […]
Read MoreVisit Us
The Ocean Science Discovery Center welcomes students of all ages who wish to learn more about the sea and how we study it. The center hosts weekly lectures […]
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