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POV of an ROV: Day in the life of Jason

September 13, 2024
Drawing of ROV Jason from the trench blog

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,…

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Swimming crustacean eats unlikely food source in the deep ocean – WHOI Press Release

September 13, 2024
swimming crustacean food source

Swimming crustacean eats unlikely food source in the deep ocean

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Deep Sea Collaboration: ROV Hercules and AUV Sentry Team Up in American Samoa | Nautilus Live

September 13, 2024
Nautilus Live - Sentry and Hercules Co-Ops

Deep Sea Collaboration: ROV Hercules and AUV Sentry Team Up in American Samoa | Nautilus Live

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No Sub for Submersibles

August 19, 2024
Cover of ON&T August 2024

            Article in Ocean News & Technology by Aaron Steiner of DeepSea Power and Light showcasing WHOI submersibles.

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Tracking the ups and downs of Axial Seamount

July 10, 2024
Jason Control Van

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…

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Celebrating 60 years of Alvin

June 30, 2024
thumbnail from WHOI YouTube video of DeSSC wishing Alvin a happy 60th birthday

The Deep Submergence Science Committee wishing Alvin a Happy 60th Birthday.

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Science enabled by NDSF vehicles at Ocean Sciences

February 5, 2024

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.

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How to catch a plume

November 21, 2023

Sampling hydrothermal iron with adaptive AUV Sentry dives. A cruise of unusual and uniquely challenging Sentry missions: real-time course modifications, remotely triggered sample collection, and flying the vehicle in midwater.

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Eleven new Alvin divers!

September 27, 2023

In August, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) sponsored three days of engineering dives with human-occupied vehicle Alvin off the coast of San Diego, California. The vehicle team and crew of R/V Atlantis took federal agency representatives from the National Science Foundation, ONR, NAVSEA, Office of Management and Budget, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and WHOI leadership on a short expedition to demonstrate the intricate operations and rigorous protocols that enable safe scientific submersible operations.

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