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Gliding Toward the Future
Engineer Doug Webb and WHOI physical oceanographer Dave Fratantoni examine the motor inside an ocean glider in Fratantoni’s lab in February 2008. Webb, a former WHOI employee who formed […]
Read MoreCute as a Button
International Polar Day
In the summer of 2005, a WHOI research team, led by John Kemp and Rick Krishfield, surveyed floes in the Beaufort Sea in search of ice thick […]
Read MoreSmile! You’re on Habitat Camera
Norman Vine (from Advanced Habitat Imaging Consortium), Richard Taylor (a fisherman), and WHOI biologist Scott Gallager assemble on the Iselin pier after testing the habitat camera mapping system, […]
Read MoreTaking Stock
Inspection Day
Clear as Mud
A smear of mud from a sediment core makes for a kaleidoscopic vision when observed under cross-polarized light. Polarizing filters help scientists identify each speck of organic and inorganic […]
Read MoreCreature from the Black Depths
An isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico was caught and carried to the deck of the research vessel Atlantis in the science […]
Read MoreFine Motor Skills
A technician in the WHOI Oceanographic Systems Laboratory installs the motor controller board for the thrusters in a REMUS 600 vehicle (so numbered for its ability to dive to […]
Read MoreAlmost Famous
The French submersible Cyana is launched into the North Atlantic in 1974 as part of the French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study (Project FAMOUS). The submersibletogether with the WHOI-operated Alvin […]
Read MoreRing Around the Tub
Researchers in the Alvin submersible came across this collapsed pit of lava on the seafloor near the Galapagos Rift. Marine geologists call these shelf-like structures “bathtub rings,” […]
Read MoreForm for Function
Engineer Chris Lumping (left) and welder Tony Delane examine the mooring anchor framework they built for a “multifunction node” (MFN) and buoy system that will help researchers monitor whale activity. […]
Read MoreFeeling Crabby
A female crab with orange eggs tucked into her abdomen was collected from the deep seafloor during an Alvin dive in May 2005. Researchers return frequently to places like […]
Read MoreHot Head
This top piece of a black smoker chimney was plucked from the southern East Pacific Rise for study by geochemist Meg Tivey and colleagues. Named “Hobbes” by the […]
Read MoreLong Core Sea Trials
Learning from Life and Death
Marine mammal specialist Michael Moore and WHOI guest student Colby Moore (from the College of the Atlantic) prepare to examine a white-sided dolphin that had stranded and died on […]
Read MoreBasking
Launching and Recovering the Long Corer
Watch and hear how the long corer system works to recover sediments on the seafloor.
By Amy Nevala, Jack Cook :: Originally published online February 29, 2008
Read MoreA Quick Change by the Pit Crew
WHOI technicians Casey Machado and Bob McCabe prepare the new hybrid remotely operated vehicle (HROV) for deployment with its tool sled during a test cruise off Hawaii in November […]
Read MoreSoaking Up the Moment
Oceanographer Dennis McGillicuddy soaks up the sun after a successful expedition in the North Atlantic in 2005. McGillicuddy was recently selected by his peers to be the 2008 recipient […]
Read MoreYou’re Gonna Need a Bigger Shark
Richard “Dick” Edwards plants dynamite in the mechanical shark prop used in filming the classic movie Jaws. During his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II […]
Read MoreStopping By Woods Hole on a Snowy Evening
WHOI biologists Heidi Sosik and Melissa Patrician pause for a picture in the midst of unloading their gear from a survey cruise on the research vessel Tioga to the […]
Read MoreEscort Service
Stuffing the Suitcase
On the dock at Sand Island in Hawaii, the new hybrid remotely operated vehicle (HROV) Nereus is loaded into its shipping container for travel back to Woods Hole after […]
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