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Scientists using HOV Alvin to explore uncharted Ecosystems Deep In The Atlantic Ocean

By Hannah Piecuch | August 24, 2018

R/V ATLANTIS departed Woods Hole, Mass., on August 19 with the Chief Scientist Erik Cordes of Temple University. Science missions include: exploration of the region in between Virginia and Georgia for potentially sensitive deep-sea communities in advance of future hydrocarbon exploration in the region. Read more » Also see Amanda Joy’s lab blog NOAA DEEP SEARCH…

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Two Duke Scientists Go To Sea with HOV Alvin

By Hannah Piecuch | October 9, 2017

For two weeks last summer, a pair of marine scientists joined the venerated submarine to explore the ocean shelf off Massachusetts. This website from Duke University details the experiences of Cindy Van Dover and Laura Bagge aboard the research vessel Atlantis and the human occupied submersible Alvin. Read their story »

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NDSF engineer O’Hara Selected for NASA Astronaut Program

By kjoyce | October 9, 2017

Marine Technology News: NASA’s most recent class of astronauts was introduced June 7, 2017 at Johnson Space Flight Center. Among the group of 12 astronaut candidates is Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) research engineer Loral O’Hara, selected from NASA’s largest ever applicant pool of more than 18,300. She came to WHOI in 2009, initially as an…

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