UNDERWATER VEHICLES GRANT SCIENTISTS AN ACCESS-ALL-AREAS PASS TO DEEP-SEA DISCOVERY

The ocean is crucial to life on Earth, yet it remains remarkably unexplored. To better understand the ocean, scientists often find they need to get themselves or their instruments into very specific places.

Thanks to a spectrum of available tools, ranging from human-occupied submersibles to autonomous and towed robots, technology that is owned, operated or developed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is revolutionizing the way in which scientists can access and connect with what lies below. And sometimes, different vehicles work together to accomplish big goals.

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