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Deployment of flotation off R/V Chain during MODE, 1973.

Deployment of flotation off R/V Chain during MODE, 1973.
Deployment of flotation off R/V Chain during MODE, 1973.
Deployment of flotation off R/V Chain during MODE, 1973.
Deployment of flotation off R/V Chain during MODE, 1973.
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Tupper, George
Deployment of flotation off R/V Chain during MODE, 1973.
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12/14/1973
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A string of mooring floats goes over the fantail of the WHOI research vessel Chain in 1973 during the Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment (MODE). Conceived a decade earlier, this study of deep-water dynamics had to wait for advances in instruments and mooring technology. MODE eventually involved 15 institutions and five research vessels, and was one of the early big-science projects included under the International Decade of Oceanography. Later in the decade, the follow-on POLYMODE program extended MODE's geographical reach and expanded to include investigators from the Soviet Union.
Caption from Down to the Sea for Science, pg. 133:
Mooring flotation goes over Chain's fantail during the Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment (MODE) in 1973. Though it was conceived a decade earlier, this investigation of deep-water dynamics had to wait for improvements in instruments and mooring technology. An early big-science project under the International Decade of Oceanography umbrella, MODE involved fifteen institutions and five research vessels. Later in the decade, the follow on POLYMODE program had a wider geographical reach and included Russian investigators. Part of its name was drawn from a 1970 Russian experiment called POLYGON.
Photo courtesy of George Tupper
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