Atlantis left Woods Hole around 2:45 yesterday with a storm building across our path to Bermuda, so we’ve taken a westerly course parallel to the coast with plans to turn…
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Atlantis hasn’t left the dock in Woods Hole yet and Alvin hasn’t touched the water since the completion of its upgrade, but the sub’s sea trials have already begun. “Sea…
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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…
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Alvin certification coordinator on a dream that was decades in the making. Read the whole story.Â
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Deep sea submersible Alvin reveals mysteries hiding on the ocean floor. Watch on Seeker.
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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.Â
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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…
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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…
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A co-production of WHOI and WPBT2/South Florida PBS in Miami, this episode of the award-winning program Changing Seas takes a close-up look at Alvin and the extraordinary places it has…
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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.
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