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Fogbows usually appear in the Arctic Ocean whenever overcast skies clear, as water droplets in the fog reflect and refract the beams of sunlight. The bow of the Swedish icebreaker…

WHOI physical oceanographer Claudia Cenedese (left) and Rachel Bueno de Mesquita, a visiting researcher from the University of Rome, developed this laboratory experiment to study fluid flow and eddies around…

The camera on the new Camper towed underwater vehicle photographed these pillow lavas on the seafloor of the Arctic Ocean along the Gakkel Ridge in mid-July 2007. Researchers have been…

Service calls to buoys in the middle of the ocean are anything butroutine. In April 2006, research specialist Frank Bahr and senior engineering assistant Jeff Lord from the WHOI Upper…

Silhouetted in the early morning twilight, MIT/WHOI graduate student Carly Strasser waves farewell to her shipmates before boarding the Alvin submersible for her first dive. Strasser was accompanied by Monika…

Crates and bins of science gear from WHOI and five other institutions were stacked up outside a research warehouse at the airport in Resolute Bay, Canada, in April 2007. Every…

Bridgett Dunnigan of the National Marine Life Center and Joy Reidenberg of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine examine a 900-pound leatherback turtle during a necropsy in May 2007.  Many…

Physical oceanographer Bob Weller and engineering assistant Sean Whelan examine, inspect, and remove sensors from the long wave radiation and short wave radiation modules on the CLIMODE-2 buoy. The CLIVAR…

WHOI research associate Rick Krishfield and engineering assistant Kris Newhall take part of an ice-tethered profiler (ITP) for a sled ride between a warehouse—where they tested and prepped it—and outdoor…

Ken Houtler, captain of the coastal research vessel Tioga, teaches Summer Student Fellow DeAnna McCadney how to use a sextant during a demonstration cruise in July 2006. Every summer, dozens…

For decades, marine chemists and ecologists have been wondering: does the oil that was spilled into a Cape Cod salt marsh in 1969 still have an impact on the wildlife…

Former WHOI associate scientist Paul Dunlap works in his biology laboratory in 1995 on an experiment with bioluminescent bacteria. Marine organisms ranging from bacteria to fish make their own chemically…

Researchers and ship crewmembers from the icebreaker Oden shovel and pick their way through ice and snow to open a hole to the Arctic Ocean. WHOI engineers tested new underwater…

Some benthic foraminifera, such as the one shown in this scanning electron micrograph, are single-celled organisms whose calcium carbonate shells contain information about the temperature of the water they grew…

The fantail of the research vessel Oceanus is crowded with gear as scientists and technicians prepare to cruise from Woods Hole to the Gulf Stream and back in November 2005.…

Ken Houtler, captain of coastal research vessel Tioga, handles the wheel while first mate Ian Hanley joins him on watch. In March 2007, Houtler and Hanley cruised the 60-foot boat…

Airport crews and research technicians lined up their science gear on the tarmac of the Resolute Bay (Canada) airport for shipment to the Canadian Forces Station Alert and, ultimately, the…