Water sample bag for radio-isotope studies. OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise

Water sample bag for radio-isotope studies on deck. Water sample bag for radio-isotope studies

Swim call in the Arabian Sea. OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise

Bottom photograph - compass used to orient photo. OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise

Paul Grim (sitting) and George Peter working on heat probe package. OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise

Deploying 20' piston corer and heat probe. OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise

Bottom samples from dredge haul south of Australia. Robert F. Dill on left. OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise

Bottom samples from dredge haul south of Australia. Robert F. Dill and Robert S. Dietz on right. OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise

Dr. Dill expounding on his views of the geology of the South Australia Bight. OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise

Robert S. Dietz looks on as Robert F. Dill monitors precision depth recorder. OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise

Rough weather during oceanographic operations on stern. OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise

Rough weather in the Roaring 40's south of Australia. OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise

Lieutenant Larsen heading over the side to check if propeller fouled. OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise

Neuston tow for surface biological sampling. Tow off of MT. MITCHELL

Bongo nets flying in the wind prior to deployment.

Bongo nets on OCEANOGRAPHER during DOMES project. DOMES - Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Study

Large surface tow nets on OCEANOGRAPHER during DOMES project. DOMES - Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Study

Large surface tow net going over the side during DOMES project. DOMES - Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Study. Off of OCEANOGRAPHER

Net being towed on surface during DOMES project. DOMES - Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Study. Off of OCEANOGRAPHER

Large surface tow net

Bongo nets for biological sampling at depth. On MT. MITCHELL

Bongo nets being deployed

Viney floats deployed from OCEANOGRAPHER during DOMES project

Water sample rosette

Conductivity-Temperature-Depth rosette with water bottles. Off of SURVEYOR

Conductivity-Temperature-Depth rosette with water bottles. At the edge of the pack ice. Off of SURVEYOR

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