ROV Jason
UTD Geoscience Short Films Including Jason’s Deepest Dive
University of Texas Dallas’ Geoscience Studio short films from the recent ROV Jason cruise on R/V Thompson. This cruise included the deepest dive for Jason!
Read MoreOut of Plain Sight – Trailer
WHOI was featured in “Out of Plain Sight” which premiered at the DOC NY Film Festival in November. The film documents dumped DDT waste of the coast of California telling a story which stemmed from surveys and sampling using AUV Sentry and ROV Jason.
Read MoreFirst time NDSF user, Katie Kelley, answers some questions about her experience using ROV Jason.
Dr. Katherine Kelley is a professor of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island and first time NDSF user. We were fortunate enough to ask Katie some questions about her experience using ROV Jason. Katie’s insight and is of tremendous value to new and old users of the facility. Thank you Katie! We hope you…
Read MoremROV Press Release
WHOI will produce two medium-sized remotely operated vehicles (mROVs) beginning later this year. Read the official press release!
Read MorePOV of an ROV: Day in the life of Jason
Read the account of a day in the life of ROV Jason from the ROV’s perspective. The Near-Trench Community Geodetic Experiment blog accounts recent cruise with Chief Scientist, David Schmidt, of University of Washington. POV of a ROV: Day in the life of Jason (near-trench.blogspot.com)
Read MoreVolunteer, Sofia Vakhutinsky, shares her summer with metadata
Sofia Vakhutinsky recently graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a BA in Geography and Economics and minors in Geology and Atmospheric and Ocean Science. In the fall, Sofia will start a master’s program in Atmospheric Science at the University of Washington. Sofia spent the summer sifting through metadata, which will be integrated into…
Read MoreNo Sub for Submersibles
Article in Ocean News & Technology by Aaron Steiner of DeepSea Power and Light showcasing WHOI submersibles.
Read MoreTracking the ups and downs of Axial Seamount
Story by Marley Parker Bright lights illuminate rain drops splattering across the back deck of R/V Atlantis. It’s just after 2:00 a.m., but the entire ROV team (and most of our science team) is awake and ready to go to work. Expedition Leader Akel Kevis-Stirling lifts a radio to his ear as the voice of…
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 Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024.
Read MoreRobot Rescues!
ROV Jason assists in the recovery of three autonomous research platforms—two of which were unplanned—during the Visions 23 expedition to the Ocean Observatories Initiative Regional Cabled Array. Read more >
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