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R/V Atlantis at dock in front of the Crane/Lillie building and Bigelow Labratory.

R/V Atlantis at dock in front of the Crane/Lillie building and Bigelow Labratory.
R/V Atlantis at dock in front of the Crane/Lillie building and Bigelow Labratory.
R/V Atlantis at dock in front of the Crane/Lillie building and Bigelow Labratory.
R/V Atlantis at dock in front of the Crane/Lillie building and Bigelow Labratory.
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Harter, Jr., Isaac
R/V Atlantis at dock in front of the Crane/Lillie building and Bigelow Labratory.
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08/31/1931
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Image of The Day caption:
On Aug. 31, 1931, WHOI's first deep-ocean research vessel Atlantis arrived in Woods Hole for the first time. The 142-foot, steel-hulled ship was the first built for the U.S. specifically to carry out research in marine biology, marine geology, and physical oceanography. Atlantis's design grew out of founding director Henry Bigelow's frustrations using smaller, less stable vessels in the Gulf of Maine. The ship eventually sailed 299 cruises and more than 700,000 miles for ocean science until it was sold in 1966. It remains the Institution's symbol and is the namesake of the current R/V Atlantis, as well as the since-retired Atlantis II, and the space shuttle Atlantis.
Caption from Down to the Sea for Science, pg. 32:
By fall 1931, the Institution's original laboratory (with cupola) had joined MBL's Crane/Lillie building on the Woods Hole waterfront. The presence of Atlantis's tall masts meant blue water research was again available to the United States scientific community.
Photo by Isaac Harter, Jr.
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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