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Three HOV Alvin/AUV Sentry expeditions in this autumn/winter 2018!

October 26, 2018

Currently, HOV Alvin and AUV Sentry are on R/V Atlantis, conducting science program lead by Prof. Erik Cordes of Temple University off Costa Rica (Voyage AT42-03 – see where is…

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500th Sentry Dive (10.16.2018) !!!

October 18, 2018

When we recover AUV Sentry during night time, its strobe highlights the vehicle emerging on sea-surface, ensuring us the vehicle is back after a dive mission. 500th time of “welcome…

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ROV Jason dives at Lost City – Bringing to a close

September 24, 2018

Amazing perseverance of the science team, lead by Chief Scientist Professor Susan Lang (Univ. South Carolina), to conclude the #LostCity 2018 cruise on R/V Atlantis despite of the challenging weather…

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HOV Alvin dives during DEEP SEARCH 2018 campaign

September 24, 2018

#HOVAlvin, operated by #NDSF_WHOI, had a great public engagement during this August’s DEEP SEARCH 2018 cruise lead by Professor Erik Cordes et al. and supported by NOAA, BOEM (#BOEM_DOI, Bureau…

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Rachel Smith, the head of astronomy/astrophysics lab talks about her HOV Alvin dive

September 21, 2018

Dr. Rachel Smith, an astronomer, a professor, and the head of Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Laboratory at the North Carolina Museum of the Natural Sciences, shares her #HOVAlvin dive experience…

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NTSB released El Faro investigation Video (AUV Sentry and HOV Alvin-OV)

September 20, 2018

On September 18th, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released El Faro investigation video. #AUVSentry as well as Observation Vehicle (“OV”) of #HOVAlvin and the #NDSF_WHOI vehicle operations teams have contributed to this effort significantly and located the voice recorder of El Faro on the seafloor.

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Italian pop sci magazine features: #LostCity2018 expedition with ROV Jason

September 17, 2018

Per questo l’8 settembre 2018, un gruppo di 22 oceanografi, microbiologi e geologi di vari istituti di ricerca si è di nuovo recato, dopo una lunga pausa (“Return to The…

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HOV Alvin Deep-sea coral discovery dive video available

September 14, 2018

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (@WHOI) September Newsletter features the discovery of the deep sea coral by #HOVAlvin operated by #NDSF_WHOI. Now the HOV Alvin dive video highlighting this discovery is…

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AUV Sentry revealed new view of Bermuda’s seamounts

September 13, 2018

Louis Whitcomb, a professor in the JHU department of mechanical engineering and an adjunct scientist at WHOI, has lead #NSFfunded @ NSF_Geo studies on the navigation, dynamics, and control of…

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Professor McFadden of Harvey Mudd College shares her science discovery with HOV Alvin

September 13, 2018

“It’s pretty mind-blowing to know that the existence of this huge biological structure was completely unknown until now and to have been one of the first humans to visit it,”…

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