ROV Jason
NDSF user spotlight: Shawn Arellano on cold seep larvae and science with all three NDSF vehicles
Shawn Arellano is a larval biologist and deep-sea ecologist and an associate professor at Western Washington University. Arellano has recently used all three NDSF vehicles as part of a collaborative project that focuses on the larvae of cold seep animals on both the Atlantic and Gulf sides of Florida. The lead principal investigator on this project…
Read MoreJason helps recover two other underwater vehicles
Control van for ROV Jason. Ocean Exploration Trust’s ROV Hercules and Argus were stranded on the seafloor last week, but were recovered thanks to cooperation from several ocean science and exploration institutions. Read how ROV Jason helped with the recovery.
Read MoreON&T: Exploring the undiscovered country: the deep ocean
How the National Deep Submergence Facility’s fleet—HOV Alvin, ROV Jason, and AUV Sentry—provides essential equipment for reaching the deep ocean, enabling important science to be conducted, and making discoveries. Read the whole story here.
Read MoreMIT News: Designing exploratory robots that collect data for marine scientists
MIT-WHOI joint program student Victoria Preston on planning optimal sampling trajectories for ocean robots and an upcoming cruise working with NDSF vehicles AUV Sentry and ROV Jason. “Overall, I see robots as a tool for scientists. They take knowledge, explore, bring back datasets. Then scientists do the actual hard work of extracting meaningful information to solve…
Read MoreExploring Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents at 9°50’N EPR with ROV Jason and AUV Sentry
Watch at sea footage from Cruise RR2102 to: 9°50’N EPR with ROV Jason and AUV Sentry. On deck videography by Lauren Dykman, underwater video from NDSF and Dan Fonari/MISO.
Read MoreNational Geographic UK: He found the Titanic, but for Robert Ballard the search never ends
“Ballard doesn’t let setbacks—or anything else really—slow him down. But after 157 expeditions, the man who introduced the public to deepwater exploration is taking stock. This spring he’s publishing a memoir and releasing a documentary, both with National Geographic.” Read the preview story here.
Read MoreNew Chief Scientist for National Deep Submergence Facility
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a world leader in ocean exploration, discovery and education, has named a new Chief Scientist for Deep Submergence (CSDS) for its National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF). Dr. Anna Michel, an associate scientist in the Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, will be the first woman to serve in this…
Read MoreLaunching NDSF News
NDSF has a new quarterly newsletter for the deep-submergence community to share regular updates about the Facility’s people, projects, and vehicles. We’ll feature updates from the Alvin, Jason and Sentry Teams, as well as news articles, original stories, expedition photos (we’d love to include yours!), and more. Read Summer 2021 and Fall 2021. Subscribe here.
Read MoreJason samples vents at the East Pacific Rise
A multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional team traveled to the East Pacific Rise at 9°50’N in April 2021 to better understand the geophysical, chemical and biological connections at the hydrothermal vent fields there in advance of a seafloor eruption expected to occur in the near future. The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason carried instruments and experiments to the…
Read MoreNew York Times: 25,000 Barrels Possibly Laced With DDT Are Found Off California Coast
Images, samples, and sidescan of several corroded barrels on the sea floor off the coast of California captured by ROV Jason and AUV Sentry in 2011 helped UC Santa Barbara scientist David Valentine uncover a massive and largely forgotten chemical waste dump on the seafloor near Los Angeles. Read the whole story in the New York Times.
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