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Val Worthington entering R/V Researcher after deploying a Nansen bottle.

Val Worthington entering R/V Researcher after deploying a Nansen bottle.
Val Worthington entering R/V Researcher after deploying a Nansen bottle.
Val Worthington entering R/V Researcher after deploying a Nansen bottle.
Val Worthington entering R/V Researcher after deploying a Nansen bottle.
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Val Worthington entering R/V Researcher after deploying a Nansen bottle.
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12/01/1977
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 39, No. 2, Pg. 14:
During the cold winter of 1977, Val Worthington ventured out aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Researcher to study the formation of 18° Water, one of the principal North Atlantic water masses, in the northern Sargasso Sea. In the photo, Worthington is leaving the “hero platform” after launching a Nansen bottle cast.
Courtesy of Terry Joyce
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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