Bering Sea Conductivity-Temperature-Depth rosette. A cold nasty day in the Bering Sea. Off of SURVEYOR

Deploying Conductivity-Temperature-Depth rosette. Note safety lines and hard hats

90-liter Bodmar water sample bottle going down.

90-liter Bodmar bottle for relatively large deep-water samples

Multi-port water sampler at deep-water dumpsite. Off of MT. MITCHELL

Current meter for deployment from deep-ocean moored buoy. Deployed off of OCEANOGRAPHER on DOMES project. DOMES was a study to determine the environmental impact of ocean mining

Pegasus profiler deployed from stern of NOAA Ship RESEARCHER. Note ship's propellers

Deploying deep-ocean moored buoy. Current meter, water-temperature sensor, and meteorological instruments on buoy

Deploying deep-ocean oceanographic buoy

Deploying deep-ocean oceanographic buoy. Off of OCEANOGRAPHER

Making final adjustments to instruments on buoy

Deploying deep-sea oceanographic buoy in rough seas

Recovering drift buoy dropped from aircraft in North Pacific. Recovery on SURVEYOR - Photo #1 of sequence

Recovering drift buoy dropped from aircraft in North Pacific. Recovery on SURVEYOR - Photo #1 of sequence

Recovering drift buoy dropped from aircraft in North Pacific. Recovery on SURVEYOR - Photo #1 of sequence

Activating acoustic release mechanism of BISP. BISP - Benthic Interface Sensing Package. On NOAA Ship PEIRCE

BISP breaks surface after leaving anchors on bottom. BISP - Benthic Interface Sensing Package. On NOAA Ship PEIRCE

BISP being released and beginning trip to bottom. BISP - Benthic Interface Sensing Package. On NOAA Ship PEIRCE

Grappling hook to secure BISP to cable prior to recovery. BISP - Benthic Interface Sensing Package. On NOAA Ship PEIRCE

BISP ready for release. BISP - Benthic Interface Sensing Package. On NOAA Ship PEIRCE

Sensing units on BISP. Measured rate of biological respiration in bottom sediments. BISP - Benthic Interface Sensing Package. On NOAA Ship PEIRCE

ABLS - Automated Boundary Layer Sampler. Ready for deployment off of PEIRCE. Yellow instrument on deck is a box corer

Deploying ABLS unit off of PEIRCE. ABLS - Automated Boundary Layer Sampler

Night recovery of ABLS unit off of PEIRCE. ABLS - Automated Boundary Layer Sampler

Large instrument package being deployed from DAVIDSON

Chain dredge operations

Chain dredge recovery on RESEARCHER. Boatswain Bill Sanders in yellow hardhat

A good chain dredge haul on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Dr. Peter Rona looks on, Boatswain Bill Sanders in yellow hardhat. Operations on the RESEARCHER

Box coring operations during DOMES project. DOMES - Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Studies. Off of OCEANOGRAPHER

Box core showing high density of manganese nodules. Box cores have the advantage of showing character of undisturbed ocean bottom. Off of OCEANOGRAPHER during DOMES project. DOMES - Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Studies

Spring loaded grab sampler being deployed from PEIRCE. Studying ocean dump site off Delaware Bay

Recovery of box core on the PEIRCE. Studying ocean dump site off Delaware Bay

Grab sampler being deployed. Bottom sampling in support of nautical charting. Determination of bottom characteristics for anchoring

Grab sampler being deployed. Bottom sampling in support of nautical charting. Determination of bottom characteristics for anchoring

Orange peel sampler ready for deployment

Piston corers ready for deployment on Scripps research ship MELVILLE

Coring device being deployed from MT. MITCHELL

Deploying coring device from Scripps research ship MELVILLE

Woods Hole Angus camera sled being deployed from RESEARCHER. During studies of deepsea hydrothermal vents on Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Woods Hole Angus camera sled in water prior to being lowered to bottom. During studies of deepsea hydrothermal vents on Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A bottom photograph showing flower-like crinoid stalks.

Towed sub-bottom profiler with shock absorber cables. Used on MT. MITCHELL

Air gun for sub-bottom profiling. Able-bodied Seaman Bob Rojecki making adjustments prior to deployment. Used off of the SURVEYOR

Underway gravity meter installed on SURVEYOR. Used to measure variations in the Earth's gravitational field

Magnetic anomaly map produced on SURVEYOR. Magnetic striping is readily apparent in this map of offshore California. Earlier magnetic work led directly to Theory of Seafloor Spreading. This map helped unravel the tectonic history of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Data acquired by towed proton precession magnetometer

Portable vans used in lieu of installed laboratory space on many ships. Vans on PEIRCE during phosphate studies off North Carolina

Chief Boatswain Joe Dimartino operates winch - CTD operations on MT. MITCHELL. CTD - Conductivity, Temperature, Depth measurements. MT. MITCHELL CTD's used to determine ocean sound velocity structure. Sound velocity information used to correct soundings. In support of bathymetric mapping operations

Chief Boatswain Joe Dimartino instructing winch operators during CTD operations. CTD - Conductivity, Temperature, Depth measurements. MT. MITCHELL CTD's used to determine ocean sound velocity structure. Sound velocity information used to correct soundings. In support of bathymetric mapping operations

Captain A. Theberge and Lt. Mike Abbott discuss ship-handling during CTD's. Chief Boatswain Joe Dimartino watches over winch operator during CTD operations . CTD - Conductivity, Temperature, Depth measurements. MT. MITCHELL CTD's used to determine ocean sound velocity structure. Sound velocity information used to correct soundings during bathymetric mapping

Captain Theberge and Lt. Abbott monitoring CTD operations. CTD - Conductivity, Temperature, Depth measurements. MT. MITCHELL CTD's used to determine ocean sound velocity structure. Sound velocity information used to correct soundings. In support of bathymetric mapping operations