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Summer is for Students
Each summer, undergraduates from colleges and universities around the world come to WHOI to learn more about ocean science in the Summer Student Fellowship Program. This year, 30 rising seniors spent 10-12…
Read MoreA Special Honor
James Yoder, Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean, presents the Rear Admiral Richard F. Pittenger Fellowship Award to MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Thomas Miller. Miller, an ocean engineering Master’s…
Read MoreMuddy Good Fun
Each summer, members of the Institution’s 1930 Society roll up their sleeves and participate in science immersion experiences in New York, Boston, and Woods Hole. Here, society members aboard R/V Tioga get up…
Read MoreLaunch of Atlantis
In February 1996, WHOI launched its newest vessel, Atlantis, in Moss Point, Mississippi. Atlantis arrived in Woods Hole in April 1997 and three months later deployed for science operations. Measuring 274…
Read MoreEquipment Check
Physical oceanographer Emily Shroyer (Oregon State University) examines a CTD (conductivity, temperature and depth) sensor specially designed to take measurements while a ship is underway. Shroyer used the CTD on…
Read MoreThe Beginning
Fifty years ago, the research submersible Alvin celebrated its start of service to science in a ceremony attended by hundreds at the WHOI dock. Since then, it has transported hundreds of…
Read MoreHumans in the Deep Ocean
Since 1870, when Jules Verne penned his famous novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, humans have dreamed of exploring the deep ocean. That dream has long since become a reality…
Read MoreFun in the Mud
WHOI instructor Hovey Clifford (right) shows summer student fellows Maya Becker (Columbia University) and Jacob Forsyth (Bowdoin College) how to rinse down a sample of sediment collected with a grab…
Read MoreReady for Assembly
Skilled fabricator/welders in the WHOI Mechanical Shop made these parts, which are ready to be assembled into a sturdy tripod that will hold an acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP). The…
Read MoreHidden Treasure
WHOI climate scientist Konrad Hughen and his team located a large Porites lobata coral with the help of local fishermen near the village of Falalis in Micronesia. Hughen’s ship had passed over the…
Read MoreTime for a Dip
Two REMUS 600s wait to take a dip off the WHOI dock. These versatile autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) feature a modular design that can be adapted to handle a variety…
Read MoreYoung Sea Ice In Woods Hole
The R/V Sikuliaq stopped at WHOI’s dock on its way from Wisconsin, where it was built, to its home port of Seward, Alaska. Capable of breaking ice up to 2.5…
Read MoreRiver Detectives
Canada’s Fraser River transports more than water—it also transports clues that can help scientists understand the global carbon cycle. As the river winds from the Rocky Mountains and Coast Range…
Read MoreAlvin and the Wet Wi-Fi
Sound has traditionally been the communications medium of choice in the ocean, but engineers at WHOI, including Norm Farr (pictured) developed an underwater “optical modem” that uses light to transmit…
Read MoreChasing Great Whites
Engineer Amy Kukulya introduced the REMUS SharkCam at a public event in 2013 describing WHOI’s research on sharks and seals. he Discovery Channel commissioned the Oceanographic Systems Lab to develop…
Read MorePre-flight Check
Physical oceanographer Amy Bower reviewed preparations on R/V Knorr recently before an 80-day in the sub-polar North Atlantic to research ocean currents in the region. Bower is interested in Earth’s…
Read MoreYellowfin REMUS
WHOI engineer Daniel Bogorff launches a REMUS 6000 off of the Institution’s dock in Woods Hole’s Great Harbor. Equipped with high-resolution bathymetric scanning technology and an extended-life battery pack, the…
Read MoreChilly Changes
During a 2011 research cruise from Chile to the Southern Ocean aboard the R/V Laurence M. Gould, scientists observed flocks of Gentoo penguins on small ice floes near the Antarctic…
Read MoreU Turn
It’s a kayak without a passenger, but not without a mission. JetYak is an autonomous, 11-foot, gas-powered kayak developed by WHOI oceanographer Peter Traykovski, Hanu Singh, and colleagues for preprogrammed missions…
Read MoreHow AUVs Work
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) like WHOI’s REMUS, Sentry (pictured), and SeaBED are important tools used to explore the ocean. They are controlled by on-board computers and powered by internal batteries;…
Read MoreRoad Trip
Bruce Sutphen (pictured) and other members of the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER team worked at WHOI recently preparing the sub for transport to New York City over the weekend. On Monday, August…
Read MoreRight of Passage
For decades, WHOI research vessels have taken advantage of a shortcut to Cape Cod Bay and waters further north by passing through the Cape Cod Canal. Here, the research vessel…
Read MoreEyes of a Scientist
Physical oceanographer Amy Bower, with her six-year-old guide dog, Abbie, introduced two speakers to students from the Perkins School for the Blind during their visit to the WHOI Exhibit Center earlier…
Read MoreUnderway Again
On July 6, 2014, with the ganplank stowed, third mate Josh Woodrow (left) and able-bodied seaman Paul St. Onge, closed the bulwarks on R/V Knorr, as University of Miami mooring…
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