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Deploying the long line to snag the wayward mooring.

Deploying the long line to snag the wayward mooring.
Deploying the long line to snag the wayward mooring.
Deploying the long line to snag the wayward mooring.
Deploying the long line to snag the wayward mooring.
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White, Patricia
Deploying the long line to snag the wayward mooring.
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10/08/2007
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The mooring's precarious position required use of 3,500-meter-long line (nearly two miles in length) that engineers designed, on the spot, specifically for this unique mooring recovery. They crafted their line from wire, polypropylene rope, floats to keep it buoyant, and several metal, four-pronged hooks (above Jeff Lord's hand, on left) with rounded edges to keep them from cutting the mooring's wire.
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In the fall of 2007, WHOI's mooring specialists had a difficult task: try to recover instruments from the deep water even though they couldn't see them. The work required use of 3,500-meter-long line (nearly two miles in length) that the engineers designed, on the spot, specifically for this unique mooring recovery. They crafted their line from wire, polypropylene rope, floats to keep it buoyant, and several metal, four-pronged hooks (above Jeff Lord's hand, on left) with rounded edges to keep them from cutting the mooring's wire. The approach was successful.
Photo by Patricia White
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