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First in Flight
A pair of osprey settle into their new digs at WHOI’s Quissett Campus during the second week of April. A welcome sign of spring to humans who endured the harsh winter, […]
Read MoreOn the Hunt
WHOI marine chemistry and geochemistry department’s Bryan James scrapes oil off a rock on a Gulf Coast beach in 2013. The oil sample is one of about a thousand collected […]
Read MoreThree-Eyes
Lassoing Alvin
Studying the Arctic remotely
By Christopher Linder :: Originally published online March 6, 2014
Read MoreDrug Discovery in the Ocean
By Amanda Kowalski, Ari Daniel :: Originally published online April 27, 2014
Read MoreCystic Fibrosis
Breathing Easy
WHOI engineer Phil Forte tests the valves and regulators on oxygen bottles in the personnel sphere of the newly-rebuilt Alvin submarine. During a normal nine-hour dive, the three […]
Read MoreOcean color data in the Atlantic Ocean
By Amanda Kowalski, Ari Daniel :: Originally published online April 16, 2014
Read MoreOcean color in the middle of the Pacific
By Amanda Kowalski, Ari Daniel :: Originally published online April 16, 2014
Read MoreIn the Zone
Return from the Deep
Ben Pietro (far left) and Brian Hogue (far right) of the Sub-Surface Mooring Operations group, along with members of the R/V Atlantis crew, recover a Vector Averaging Current Meter (VACM) […]
Read MoreWhere Water Meets Ice
WHOI engineer Will Ostrom readies moorings for deployment in Sermilik Fjord, Greenland. The instrument packages measure temperature, salinity, and pressure in the fjord—data that scientist Fiamma Straneo is […]
Read MoreFeatured Image: Teeming with Life
Tiny Disrupter
A plump foramiferan, or foram, sends out thread-like extensions to explore its surroundings and capture prey. Forams are single-celled organisms that live on or in the seafloor, where their activities […]
Read MoreTracing the Flow
Research specialist Frank Bahr (left) and physical oceanographer Glen Gawarkiewicz analyze data on currents collected during a 2005 cruise off Cape Hatteras. Gawarkiewicz studies the currents along and […]
Read MorePropelling Oceanography
It’s a giant step for oceanographers: The newly-christened research vessel Neil Armstrong—named for the first man to walk on the moon—nears the end of two years of construction north of […]
Read MoreLittle Alvin Model on Display
The deep-sea adventures of the 23-foot-long research submersible Alvin inspired Illinois diver and model enthusiast Tom Ryder to create a small-scale reproduction, now on display at the WHOI Ocean […]
Read MoreSophisticated Sampler
Collecting Ocean Particles
Wayne Bailey, former bosun on R/V Atlantis, is shown preparing a sediment trap for deployment from the ship. Sediment traps collect small particles sinking or drifting in the water column […]
Read MoreMad for Mud
Jill Bourque (left) and Amanda Demopoulos, scientists at the U.S Geological Survey, extract sediments from a coring device pushed into the seafloor by the manipulator arms of the deep-sea sub […]
Read MoreWelcome Home
Friends and family welcome the R/V Atlantis II back to Woods Hole in May 1977, upon completion of the longest voyage, by miles, ever made by a WHOI ship until […]
Read MoreNew Ship, New Name
On March 29, 2014 the U.S. oceanographic research fleet’s newest ship, the R/V Neil Armstrong—shown here at an earlier stage of construction—was formally christened at a ceremony at […]
Read MoreDeep Discussion
Veteran Alvin pilot Bob Waters (left) and Don Nuzzio of Analytical Instrument Systems discuss the equipment loaded onto the sub’s payload basket before the first dive of its […]
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