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Betty Bunce on Chain waiting for core recovery.

Betty Bunce on Chain waiting for core recovery.
Betty Bunce on Chain waiting for core recovery.
Betty Bunce on Chain waiting for core recovery.
Betty Bunce on Chain waiting for core recovery.
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Betty Bunce on Chain waiting for core recovery.
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01/01/1958
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Image of The Day caption:
Elizabeth ("Betty") Bunce waits for a sediment core to come up, aboard R/V Chain circa 1958. One of the first woman oceanographers, Bunce (1915-2003) was kind and loyal as well as forthright and tough, according to those who knew her--and famous for using a punching bag on research cruises. A geophysicist interested in tectonics and seismic studies, she was the first WHOI female oceanographer to go to sea for more than a day, be chief scientist on a WHOI ship, or serve as Department Chair. She received the 1995 Women Pioneers in Oceanography Award, and geologist colleagues honored her by naming a deep-sea fault after her.
Betty Bunce is the recipient of the 1995 Mary Sears Woman Pioneers in Oceanography award.
Photo courtesy of WHOI Archives
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Donated by Betty Bunce
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