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Check out these videos and photos,
which have been transmitted to the
University of Delaware from the R/V Atlantis
through the efforts of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Be sure to also visit Woods Hole’s Dive and Discover Web site.

Travel along on a whale-watching expedition with scientists from the
R/V Atlantis.


 

 



Today’s Photo Gallery


Pilot in Training Phil Forte prepares to enter Alvin while Steve Faluotico, the Launch Coordinator for the dive, checks the A-frame.






Phil Taylor climbs down the rope ladder from Atlantis to board the Rambler to return to Guaymas.






Craig looks at how all the scientific equipment has been loaded into Alvin's basket to make sure everything is there, that it is all in a position that Alvin's manipulator arm can reach, and that everything is secured properly before the dive.






Craig holds up a spiny spider crab collected from the seafloor at a depth of 2000 meters.