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Alfred Redfield and Homer Smith in the lower lab of the Atlantis.

Alfred Redfield and Homer Smith in the lower lab of the Atlantis.
Alfred Redfield and Homer Smith in the lower lab of the Atlantis.
Alfred Redfield and Homer Smith in the lower lab of the Atlantis.
Alfred Redfield and Homer Smith in the lower lab of the Atlantis.
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Alfred Redfield and Homer Smith in the lower lab of the Atlantis.
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03/03/1933
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Image Of the Day caption and inset body text from Down to the Sea for Science, Pg. 34, a history of WHOI, by Vicky Cullen:
WHOI biologist Alfred Redfield (left) aboard WHOI's first research ship Atlantis, was fond of telling this story about the second day of his first Atlantis cruise: "[T]here was a pretty good northwest breeze and the sea was pretty bobbly. I made my way aft and there I saw the ship's carpenter in the scuppers, caulking the deck. As I watched, he laid down his caulking mallet, removed his dentures, put them in a safe place, leaned over the rail and put his breakfast. Then he came back, replaced the dentures, picked up the mallet and went right on with his job. I learned then the way an oceanographer behaves."
Caption from Down to the Sea for Science, Pg. 35:
Alfred Redfield, left, and Homer Smith set up their chemical apparatus in the lower lab of Atlantis in 1933.
Photo courtesy of WHOI Archives
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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