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Chief scientist Bob Weller welding the joint on a mooring anchor.

Chief scientist Bob Weller welding the joint on a mooring anchor.
Chief scientist Bob Weller welding the joint on a mooring anchor.
Chief scientist Bob Weller welding the joint on a mooring anchor.
Chief scientist Bob Weller welding the joint on a mooring anchor.
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Whelan, Sean Patrick
Chief scientist Bob Weller welding the joint on a mooring anchor.
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04/18/2006
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Ocean scientists often need to be more than "just" an expert in his or her field of study. While loading the research vessel Cabo de Hornos in Valparaiso, Chile, recently, a WHOI team led by oceanographer Bob Weller found themselves in need of a welder to tack together a 9,000-pound mooring anchor. When none was available, Weller stepped in to finish the job, permitting the group to successfully complete the fourteenth deployment of the Stratus Ocean Reference Station, a long-term observatory that measures surface temperature, air-sea interactions, ocean currents, ocean temperature, salinity, and oxygen in the eastern Tropical Pacific.
Photo by Sean Patrick Whelan
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