Posts by Hannah Piecuch
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Battling crabs 250 miles off the Oregon Coast, while studying an underwater volcano
“OPB science reporter Jes Burns shares a strange tale of “crabotage” that emerged as scientists aboard the research vessel Thompson tried to answer complicated questions about the Axial Seamount.” Read the whole story.
Read MorePermission to dive!
On Wednesday, June 29, 2022, human occupied vehicle Alvin submerged for the first time since returning to port for repairs in the fall. This was a tethered wet test, an opportunity to make sure the sub is ready for diving at sea. “We go through all the systems and make sure they are working,” said…
Read MoreWelcome aboard, Alvin!
Human Occupied Vehicle Alvin is getting ready to set sail on R/V Atlantis in July to resume work to certify the sub’s new maximum dive rating of 6,500 meters (4 miles). Watch the livestream of the vehicle loading here. We’ll keep you updated as the trip unfolds with regular blog posts and pictures.
Read MoreExploring the Escanaba Trough with Jason and Sentry
The ROV Jason team on a joint Jason and Sentry expedition to explore the Escanaba Trough in June 2022. Pictured: (L-R standing) Ben Tradd, James Pelowski, Gianna Conroy, Gabrielle Inglis, Chris Judge, Scott McCue, (L-R seated, knee) Megan Bachant, Peter Hall, Amanda Sutherland, and Mario Fernandez. The Escanaba Trough is about 200 miles off the…
Read MoreASLO Ocean Sciences plenary video featuring Peter Girguis
Hear from Harvard University Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology—and frequent NDSF Vehicle User—on what draws him to study the creatures of the deep sea. See if you can spot all three vehicles—Alvin,Jason, and Sentry. Watch here.
Read MoreUnderway: Alvin syntactic foam repair
When Human Occupied Vehicle Alvin’s sea trials came to an unexpected halt last November, engineers on Atlantis and at WHOI wasted no time in setting stage for the sub’s eventual return to the operation.
Read MoreScience enabled by NDSF vehicles at Ocean Sciences
Learn how data collected from NDSF vehicles is moving science forward. Here are some talks featuring our vehicles at the upcoming 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting. 28 February CT06 02 12:45pm: C-spec: a deep sea laser spectrometer for measuring the carbon system (dic and pco2), Beckett Colson, MIT-WHOI Joint Program #ROVJason 1 March DS07 02 10am:…
Read MoreA hybrid Sentry cruise
Photo by Chris German, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WHOI geochemist Chris German helped organize virtual planning sessions recently for AUV Sentry dives during the third of three expeditions to study seismicity along the Gofar transform fault in the eastern Pacific. Joining German, who is a co-principal investigator of the 4CAST GOFAR project, in WHOI’s AVAST…
Read MoreVideo: Live from hydrothermal vents in the Guaymas Basin
Watch video from a ROV Jason and AUV Sentry cruise on the R/V Roger Ravelle to the Guaymas Basin the Gulf of California. This cruise was lead by Chief Scientist for Deep Submergence Anna Michel.
Read MoreSouthbound
After a successful five to 1,500 meters, Alvin begins a transit south to continue test dives closer to Puerto Rico.
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