Science Verification EN
Reaching extreme depths with DAP
The R/V Atlantis deck team successfully recovers the Deep Sea Autonomous Profiler (DAP) on the evening of Thursday, July 28th, 2022. (Photo by Marley Parker, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) On the back deck of R/V Atlantis, several members of the science team don work vests and hard hats and peer over the starboard rail. A…
Read MoreHunting for deep-ocean plastics
Erin Garza processes a plastic sample collected from the Puerto Rico Trench. (Photo by Marley Parker, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) As the Alvin Team runs through their pre-dive checklist, Erin Garza and Erik Cordes pose for a quick photo on the aft deck. It’s just after 6am, but they both look eager to get the…
Read MoreWelcome to the revolution
Leer en Español Dr. Rosa León Zayas exits Alvin with a big smile after completing the first science dive to abyssal depths in the Puerto Rico Trench. (Photo by Marley Parker, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) After breakfast, chief scientist Adam Soule and Rosa León Zayas sit together in the ship’s main lab, talking about their…
Read MoreComiclog: Verifying what?
What’s Alvin going to do with that 6500 certification? It’s bringing people to so much more of the seafloor-and bringing back samples so we can learn more about the ocean and our planet. Here’s artist-at-sea Karen Romano Young’s comic log post taking a look at the business end of Alvin, it’s science payload.
Read MoreBack to our regularly scheduled science
Bruce Strickrott smiles as Chief Scientist Adam Soule signs the final pre-dive check sheet for the first science dive since Alvin received its 6,500 meter certification. Marley Parker â’¸ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution A warm Caribbean breeze bounces around the bow of the R/V Atlantis as we sail away from the port of San Juan.…
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.
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